* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:01:53] [CALL TO ORDER] [ROLL CALL] [00:10:00] OKAY, IF [00:10:01] WE CAN PLEASE, UH, COME TO ORDER. UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT MAYOR RIZ RICHARDSON IS IN SACRAMENTO ON AN ADVOCACY TRIP WITH BIG CITY MAYORS TO HELP SECURE ADDITIONAL STATE SUPPORT FOR LOCAL HOMELESSNESS SERVICES. SO, I WILL BE PRESENTING [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE] AT TONIGHT'S MEETING. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING. UH, SENIOR MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE A ROLL? COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS. PRESENT. COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. HERE. COUNCILMAN SUPERMAN. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN KERR. PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN SORROW. PRESENT VICE MAYOR URANGA PRESENTED. COUNCILWOMAN THR TU. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTI. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU MADAM. UH, WE HAVE TONIGHT'S FLAG LED BY COUNCIL MEMBER SIN. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COLLEAGUES AND COMMUNITY. BEFORE WE BEGIN TONIGHT'S MEETING, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOMETHING THAT WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY. AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION ON CESAR CHAVEZ, RECENT CONVERSATIONS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD DIFFICULT TRUTHS. TRUTHS THAT FOR SOME REASON AND SOMEHOW REOPEN WOUNDS AND REMIND US, UM, THE VERY REAL TRAUMA THAT SURVIVORS HAVE TO CARRY OFTEN IN SILENCE. TONIGHT, I WANNA SEND POSITIVE THOUGHTS AND SUPPORT TO ALL SURVIVORS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THAT KIND OF TRAUMA. WE MUST REMEMBER THAT BEHIND EVERY STORY IS A HUMAN BEING WHO DESERVES TO BE SEEN, HEARD, AND BELIEVED. AS LEADERS, WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO APPROACH THESE MOMENTS WITH CARE, COMPASSION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO CREATE SPACE WHERE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, SUPPORTED, AND OF COURSE RESPECTED. THEREFORE, I DEDICATE THIS MOMENT AGAIN TO ALL OF THE SURVIVORS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND THROUGHOUT OUR NATION. AT THIS MOMENT, I INVITE YOU TO STAND AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH ME. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO YOUR HAND OVER [CONSENT CALENDAR (1 – 12, 14 – 25)] YOUR HEART. READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WE HAVE, UH, NO FURTHER ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. SO WE, UH, HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PLEASE. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND, ANY BOARD COMMENT? THERE ARE TWO SPEAKERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. CHRISELLE, DOMBROWSKI, AND ROGELIO. WHEN YOU'RE READY, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPEAK. HELLO? HELLO. MY NAME IS CHRISL DOMBROWSKI. I USED TO SAY HONORABLE MAYOR REX RICHARDSON AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT YOU HAVE ALL LOST ALL HONOR IN MY EYES. WHEN YOU GAVE 48,000 TO HOMELAND SECURITY FOR SURVEILLANCE TWO WEEKS AGO WITH A UNANIMOUS DECISION. THE WORLD IS WATCHING. I AM ASHAMED OF LONG BEACH, 50 YEARS IN THE LBCI AM AN OG STRUGGLING TO REMAIN HOUSED. GOING BACK TO LBCC FOR FINANCIAL AID, I HAVE BEEN ON THE LIST FOR WHAT I WAS TOLD WOULD BE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHER. [00:15:02] NOW IT IS JUST PROJECT BASED HOUSING, WHICH IS ONLY FUNDED THROUGH MOST OF IT THROUGH 2030. MM-HMM . UH, TRANSLATION, PROJECT BASED HOUSING. THAT MEANS PLACES NOBODY WILL, WILL RENT FULL OF ROACHES AND RATS. AND I HAVE TO MOVE AT MY OWN EXPENSE. AND THEY RECENTLY TRIED TO, TO THROW ME OFF OF THE LIST. AND I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT BID FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF WHAT HAPPENED. UH, I CAN'T EVEN GET, UH, A, A COPY OF THE, THE, THE RULES, THE LAWS, UH, REGARDING PROJECT-BASED HOUSING. I CAN'T EVEN GET A FREAKING APPOINTMENT AT HUGHES WAY. I CALL AND CALL AND THEY LAUGH AT ME AND HANG UP. SIX YEARS. THEY CAN'T GIVE ME FIVE MINUTES. ALSO, I WANTED TO WORK ON YOUR CAMPAIGN, MS. ZENDEJAS, BUT GIVING MORE MONEY TO HOMELAND SECURITY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY ALREADY HAVE A HUNDRED, UH, 115 BILLION FROM THE FEDS TO GET OUR BROWN NEIGHBORS. OH, AND THOSE WAREHOUSES, THEY'RE FOR DESCENDERS LIKE MYSELF. YEAH, THEY SURE ARE. THAT'S RIGHT. MAY I PLEASE APPROACH AND GIVE THE CITY ATTORNEY THE AFFIDAVIT THAT ALSO COST ME $16 AND TWO COPIES. SO 69 CENTS, CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS SENT TO ME. I WOULD, I WOULD TAKE PETTY CASH . THAT'S A JOKE. IF YOU CAN DIRECT ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS TO THE CITY CLERK, MA'AM. MS. DOMBROWSKI, I ALREADY GAVE HER. I NEED TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THEN YOU NEED, I GAVE IT TO HER. SHE HAS A PHOTO. I NEED TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. THEN YOU NEED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT TO GIVE IT TO THE CITY ATTORNEY DURING OPERATING HOURS. THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DELIVER LEGAL DOCUMENTATION. THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS NEVER EMAILED ME BACK, BY THE WAY, TWO MONTHS AGO. YOU HEARD ME. TWO MONTHS. SO I'LL MAKE A FREAKING APPOINTMENT. THANK YOU. ALIA MARTINEZ. ABSOLUTELY DIFFERENT INFORMATION RIGHT THERE. OH, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK FIRST NAME. NEXT. UM, I'M, I'LL BE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ITEM, UH, CONSENT ITEMS, NUMBER EIGHT I TO GET HOUSED IN THE CITY. UM, CAN YOU PLEASE THREE, CAN YOU PLEASE DON'T YOUR VOICE, WHATEVER. CAN YOU PLEASE LOWER YOUR VOICE? OKAY, ROEL, GO AHEAD. CONTINUE. I'LL BE SPEAKING ON, UH, CONSENT ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT AND 23. UM, ON EIGHT SPECIFICALLY, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE APPROVAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE $8 MILLION TO DO BUSINESS WITH, UH, A CHEVY DEALERSHIP ALL THE WAY IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA TO PURCHASE, UH, CHEVY SEDANS AND UTILITY VEHICLES AND TRUCKS, UH, WHEN THERE IS A CHEVY DEALERSHIP WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SO THIS IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CONTINUE TO HAVE MONIES LEAVE THE CITY BUDGET TO BENEFIT, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO. BUT MEANWHILE, WHERE'S THE BENEFIT FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH? AND THEN ON ITEM NUMBER 23, IT IS REGARDING A, SO THE FANCY WORD FOR A TREE TRIMMER IS AN ARBORIST. SO, OH, HE, I'LL READ HERE, UH, THAT WE ARE EXECUTING A CONTRACT NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF $18,850,000. AND I'LL REPEAT THAT NUMBER. 18 MILLION, I FORGOT THE CAMERAS HERE. $18,000,850 TO TRIM TREES. AND, AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WE'RE UTILIZING THE FUNDS TO TRIM TREES, IT'S THE FACT THAT WE'RE PAYING A COMPANY IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT [00:20:02] MYSELF THAT WE HAVE PLENTY OF QUALIFIED PEOPLE IN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA THAT CAN TRIM TREES. SO I'M NOT DEBATING THE AMOUNT, EVEN THOUGH THE AMOUNT IS CRAZY. IT'S SUPER HIGH. BUT WHAT I'M DEBATING MORE IS AGAIN, WE NEED TO START SPENDING MONEY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE LOCALLY IN LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, SEE THE MORE COMING NEXT TO YOUR VOTE. [ PUBLIC COMMENT: Obtain speaker card from the City Clerk Opportunity to address the City Council (on non-agenda items) is given to the first 10 persons who submit Speaker Cards to the City Clerk beginning at 15 minutes prior to the commencement of the meeting. Each speaker is allowed three minutes to make their comments. ] MOTION IS CARRIED. UH, THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION? UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION. WE HAVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT IN THE MATTER OF OWEN VERSUS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, IN THE AMOUNT OF $325,000. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, WE'RE AT ALL AT, UH, JENNIFER FOR COMMENT NUMBER ONE. DO WE HAVE FURTHER COMMENT? YES. WE HAVE SP FIVE SPEAKERS. RENEE HERNANDEZ, CHRISTEL DOMBROWSKI, CAROLYN ESSEX, ALIA MARTINEZ, AND ALLISON RYSON. IF YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. RENEE HERNANDEZ. YOU'RE OUR FIRST SPEAKER. JUST ONE QUESTION. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO SPEAK ON ITEM 13. WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE BROUGHT UP? 'CAUSE IT WASN'T ON THE LIST. NO, NO, I DON'T THINK IT WAS ALREADY THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT, IT SAID ONE TO 12, 14 TO SOMETHING ELSE. IT WAS NOT IN THERE. IT WAS A ADMITTED, SO I SAT AND WAITED, EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR. IT IS ON THE REGULAR CALENDAR. IT'S ON THE REGULAR AGENDA. SO IT'S COMING STILL. OKAY. WELL, I'D LIKE MY TIME STARTED BECAUSE I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION. ALRIGHT, I'LL KEEP TALKING AFTER YOUR THREE MINUTE MARK. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE VIGNETTE. I JUST, I JUST SAW THAT YOU'RE PUTTING A FENCE COMPLETELY AROUND THE LIBRARY. YOU KNOW, I READ AN ARTICLE IN THE BEACHCOMBER ABOUT AN OLDER PERSON LIKE ME, AND I'LL BE 72. I CAN SAY I'M 72 NOW 'CAUSE I'M OVER THE HALFWAY MARK TO MY BIRTHDAY. I'VE COME BEFORE YOU COUNTLESS TIMES, INCLUDING TWO WEEKS AGO, SAYING, YOU KNOW, THE DARKER THE NIGHT, THE BRIGHTER YOUR LIGHT CAN SHINE. THE BRIGHTER YOUR LIGHT COULD SHINE WITH LOVE AND COMPASSION. YOU TALK OUT OF YOUR MOUTH, BOTH SIDES OF YOUR MOUTH SAYING YOU HAVE COMPASSION FOR LATINAS FOR THIS, FOR THAT. BUT YOU DON'T. OR MAYBE YOU DO, BUT YOU, YOU DO THINGS LIKE MAKE SURVEILLANCE CONTRACTS WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, BUT OH, WE HAVE COMPASSION. AND YOU SAY YOU HAVE COMPASSION FOR THE HOMELESS. AND I'VE COME BEFORE YOU COUNTLESS TIMES SAYING, DO A FORENSIC AUDIT. AND THEN I SEE ON THIS ITEM 13, YOU'RE AWARDING MONEY TO SOME OTHER COMPANY ABOUT DOING A STRATEGIC PLAN. HERE'S YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN. GET ME AND OTHER HOMELESS PEOPLE A PLACE TO FRICKING LIVE. THAT'S YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN THERE. I SAVED YOU $400,000. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT PERSON PLEASE. C DOMBROWSKI. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I'M STILL ASKING TO SIMPLY GET AN APPOINTMENT TO GET THE DOCUMENTATION WITH, UM, SO I CAN KNOW THE LAWS AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS BECAUSE I'M OFF AGAIN ON AGAIN. I AM SO PROACTIVE. I'VE BEEN ON THIS FREAKING LIST FOR SIX YEARS AND THEY WON'T EVEN PICK UP THEIR PHONE. UH, GIVE ME AN APPOINTMENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM ONE. IT'S ABOUT THE FLAGS AT THE HARVEY MILK. SOME HATER BURNED IT LAST PRIDE. YEAH. AND WE'VE GOT THAT UGLY RED, WHITE, AND BLUE FLAG UP. BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PRIDE FLAG UP. AND WE NEED ONE. IT'S ABOUT FREAKING TIME. YOU WANNA STOP ME FROM BEING IN DESPAIR? I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE OVER A WEEK AGO. OH, WHY? PLEASE MA'AM, YOU HAD, YOU HAD YOUR OPPORTUNITY. TALK TO ME FOR AN HOUR. YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE. OFFER ME COOKIES. A BAG OF COOKIES. THANK YOU. PLEASE CONTINUE. OKAY. UH, I KNOW THIS IS IN THE BACK AND FORTH, BUT I NEED AN APPOINTMENT WITH HUGHES WAY TO GET IT IN WRITING AND NOT BE HUNG UP ON, TO GET THE PARAMETERS AND THE LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS OF [00:25:01] WHAT IT TAKES TO STAY ON THE, ON THE, UM, PROJECT BASED LOUSY WAITING LIST. 'CAUSE THEY TRIED TO KICK ME OFF. WILL NO ONE AT CITY COUNCIL HELP ME? I ASKED. I ASKED TO HAVE A MEETING AT, AT IN PERSON WITH YOU. CINDY ALLEN. YOU NEVER EMAILED ME BACK. YOU GAVE ME INFORMATION ON DISABILITIES. I'VE BEEN DISABLED 30 YEARS. I KNOW WHERE TO GET THAT STUFF. I'M NOT STUPID. I HAVE A 4.0 HONEY, SO NOBODY WILL HELP ME. APPARENTLY NOT. CITY MANAGER. IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO FOR THIS YOUNG LADY? JUST, I, I JUST WANT AN APPOINTMENT AT HUGHES WAY TO GET DOCUMENTATION. THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK. AFTER SIX YEARS, YES, WE DO HAVE OPEN OFFICE HOURS THERE. WE CAN, UH, CONNECT HER WITH HOW TO DO THAT. I'VE BEEN IN THE OPEN OFFICE HOURS. I'VE BEEN THERE ALL DAY. I'VE BEEN IN THE OPUS OFFICE HOURS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, YOU SIT THERE ALL DAY AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO HOME. TAKES ME TWO BUSES TO GET THERE, SIR. BEEN THERE, DONE THAT, SIR. SOMEBODY CAN FOLLOW UP AND GET HER INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET CONNECTED THERE. OKAY. PLEASE. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU. MY GOD. NEXT PERSON PLEASE. CAROLYN ESSEX. UM, GOOD EVENING, UH, VICE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CAROLYN ESSEX AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE. I'M HERE TO LIFT UP CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING VOICED ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. UM, RESIDENTS ARE ASKING THE CITY TO PROTECT FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. UM, PEOPLE NEED ACCESS TO KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. UM, I, I STILL HEAR A LOT OF FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO I BROUGHT SOME KITS TONIGHT FROM THE INDIVISIBLES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE INDIVISIBLE COMMUNITY, BUT THEY HAVE CREATED A, UM, COMMUNITY ALERT KIT. SO IT HAS A WHISTLE, IT HAS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS INFORMATION IN IT, UM, AND EVERYTHING FOR, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS AND OURSELVES TO HELP EACH OTHER TO CALM EACH OTHER DOWN AND TO KEEP EACH OTHER SAFE. AND I, I BROUGHT SOME FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT, BUT I WASN'T PREPARED FOR THE PROTOCOL OF YOUR RECEPTION OF THOSE. SO I WILL HAVE THOSE NEXT WEEK. OKAY. UM, AND SO, UM, THERE'S ALSO A CALL FOR CITY TO STAND ON THE SIDE OF LIFE AND HUMAN DIGNITY, UM, BOTH LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY. AND TO EXAMINE OUR POLICIES, PARTNERSHIPS, AND INVESTMENTS, UM, IN LINE WITH THOSE VALUES. SO, UM, TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WE CAN SAVE LIVES. WE CAN SAVE PALESTINIAN FAMILIES FROM WHERE WE LIVE. HERE, BE AN ALLY DIVEST FROM ALL VENDORS AND BUSINESSES WHO INVEST IN ALL WARS. CUT THEM OFF HERE AT HOME. I'M HEARING SERIOUS CONCERNS FROM BLACK CITY WORKERS ABOUT BARRIERS TO HIRING, PROMOTION, AND WORKPLACE EQUITY. THERE IS A NEED TO ADDRESS DISCRIMINATION BIAS AND ANTI-BLACK HARM. DIRECTLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. WE MUST PROTECT BLACK WORKERS AND BLACK FAMILIES WHO CONTINUE TO FACE SOME OF THE GREATEST VULNERABILITIES IN OUR SYSTEM. I ALSO, UM, HEARING FROM HOMEOWNERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES, THE VERY, UM, PEOPLE WHO SUSTAIN THIS CITY, WHO FEEL UNDER PRESSURE AND WANT TO KNOW THAT THEIR INVESTMENT IN LONG BEACH IS BEING PROTECTED AND RESPECTED. THEY NEED PROTECTION. THEY NEED PROTECTION IN THE STREETS. THANK YOU TO THE POLICE OFFICERS. WE NEED TO SEE YOU MORE. AND THE BUSINESSES ARE SUFFERING AND THEIR VERY CHALLENGED RIGHT NOW WITH THE THINGS THAT GO ON IN OUR STREETS. AND FINALLY, WE CANNOT IGNORE. THE CRIME IS OFTEN FUELED BY A LACK OF OPPORTUNITY AND A LOSS OF HOPE. IF WE WANT SAFER COMMUNITIES, WE MUST INVEST IN PEOPLE THROUGH JOBS, STABILITY, AND PATHWAYS FORWARD. THESE CONCERNS ARE CONNECTED. PROTECTION, OPPORTUNITY, FAIRNESS, AND DIGNITY MUST MOVE TOGETHER. I URGE THE CITY TO RESPOND WITH CLARITY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND ACTION. AND I'M CAROLYN ESSEX. YOU CAN FIND ME@CAROLYNJESSEX.COM. AND I AM RUNNING FOR STATE ASSEMBLY SO THAT I CAN BE A FRIEND IN SACRAMENTO TO MY COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. IS IT, IS IT ME? IT IS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS SPECIFIC TO DISTRICT ONE. SO MARY, THIS APPLIES TO YOU. MARY, I'D LIKE YOU TO CHAMPION WHAT I'M ABOUT TO, UM, TO TELL YOU. SO RECENTLY, LIVE NATION, UM, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLED THEIR [00:30:01] CASE. THE, THE DEAL WAS TO BREAK UP THE MONOPOLY, MEANING LIVE NATION AND TICKETMASTER. BUT THEY AGREED ON SOME SETTLEMENT. UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO, LET'S SEE. I'LL JUST GO OVER LIVE NATION AND TICKETMASTER REACHED A TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THIS MARCH TO RESOLVE AN ANTITRUST LAWSUIT ALLEGING AN ILLEGAL MONOPOLY OVER THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY. UNDER THE DEAL, LIVE NATION WILL PAY NEARLY 300 MILLION TO STATES CAP FEES AND DIVEST FROM SOME VENUES, BUT AVOID A, FOR A FORCED BREAKUP. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE QUEEN MARY PARKING LOT AND WE HAVE THE NEW AMPHITHEATER. THOSE ARE BOTH GOVERNED BY LIVE NATION. AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THEY OWN THE FESTIVALS SPECIFICALLY. THEY OWN, UH, THE COMPANY. THEY OWN 50% OF INSOMNIAC. SO INSOMNIAC OPERATES DREAM STATE TWO APOCALYPSES AND DAY TRIP, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE FESTIVAL IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A DEAL WITH LIVE NATION ON OUR BRAND NEW AMPHITHEATER. SO WHAT I'D URGE YOU TO DO, AND I WANT YOU TO CHAMPION THIS, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT A CREATIVE WAY FOR US TO GET OUT OF THAT DEAL. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THIS RULING JUST HAPPENED. SO THEY SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A MONOPOLY OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF LAW OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. 'CAUSE THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE JUST SAID IT. SO THIS IS THE TEXT MESSAGE THAT I WROTE REALLY, REALLY QUICKLY. I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS TO THE HEAD OF INSOMNIAC. OH GOSH. OKAY. I WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ME AND DAY TRIP. BECAUSE OF LIVE NATION'S OWNERSHIP STAKE EFFECTIVE, TOMORROW, I WILL BEGIN A CAMPAIGN TO DEVALUE LIVE NATION, TO BENEFIT AMERICANS WHO BY SHORT SELLING THE STOCK, THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT LEGAL PROCEEDINGS THAT THE MONOPOLY IS FACING. LASTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU AND YOUR TEAM TO MAINTAIN DAY TRIP ON LONG BEACH BEYOND 2026. WITHOUT LIVE NATION, I WILL BE THE 30TH MAYOR OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. AND I WILL NOT BE DOING BUSINESS WITH LIVE NATION OR ITS BRANDS OR BRANDS AFFILIATED WITH THE TEAM ANYWAYS. BUT, UM, I WANT YOU TO CHAMPION THAT, MARY. SERIOUSLY, IT'S A BIG DEAL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER? ALLISON RYSON. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS REGARDING DISTRICT THREE. MY NAME IS ALLISON RYZEN. I HAVE LIVED IN LONG BEACH FOR 30 YEARS. I'VE RENTED HERE FOR 10 YEARS AND I'VE OWNED MY HOME FOR THE PAST 20. I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I AM NOT JUST FRUSTRATED. I AM HEARTBROKEN. I'M SCARED FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT IT HAS BECOME OVER THE PAST THREE TO FOUR YEARS, SECOND STREET, ESPECIALLY BETWEEN THE EVENING OF 10:00 PM AND 2:30 AM HAS TURNED INTO SOMETHING UNRECOGNIZABLE. THIS IS NO LONGER JUST NIGHTLIFE. IT IS OUT OF CONTROL. PEOPLE ARE SEVERELY OVER INTOXICATED, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR, VOMITING, URINATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOME, MY FENCE. ALLEYWAYS. CARS ARE BLASTING. MUSIC ENGINES ARE REVVING. PEOPLE ARE RACING THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS. STREET VENDORS ARE BLASTING LOUD MUSIC LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND LEAVING TRASH BEHIND, ADDING TO THE CHAOS. AND THE MESS OF OUR COMMUNITY IS FORCED TO CLEAN UP. EVERY WEEKEND IS CHAOS. NOT A NEIGHBOR HOOD, NOT A IMMUNITY. IT'S JUST COMPLETE CHAOS. THIS IS MY SECOND TIME ATTENDING THIS MEETING. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING. AND I CAME HERE BECAUSE I NEEDED YOU TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT IT'S GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE DANGEROUS AND THERE ARE MORE INTOXICATED PEOPLE THAN BEFORE. IT HASN'T IMPROVED. IN FACT, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE. THREE PEOPLE HAVE DIED ON SECOND STREET. ONE OF THEM WAS JE JEREMY SPEARS WHO DIED RIGHT OUTSIDE MY HOME. I WILL NEVER FORGET THAT. AND NO RESIDENT SHOULD EVER HAVE TO EXPERIENCE THAT, THAT. SO I ASK HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET HURT, HAVE TO DIE BEFORE SOMETHING CHANGES. [00:35:03] THE BARS ARE OVER-SERVING. THEY'RE OPERATING LIKE NIGHTCLUBS WITHOUT ANY RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY THAT COMES WITH IT. AND RESIDENTS ARE LEFT TO DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES. EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND, WE ARE NOT BEING HEARD, WE ARE NOT BEING PROTECTED. I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE TAKE ACTION AND FORCE THE LAWS THAT ALREADY EXIST. HOLD THESE BUSINESSES ACCOUNTABLE. CONSIDER CLOSING THESE BARS EARLY AT MIDNIGHT. I CHOSE LONG BEACH. I INVESTED MY LIFE HERE. AND RIGHT NOW IT DOES NOT FEEL SAFE. THAT'S WHY I'M FIGHTING. I'M THE VOICE OF THE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HERE ANY LONGER. JOHNNY SANTOS, ADRIAN HERNANDEZ, JEREMY SPEARS BECAUSE THEY LOST THEIR LIVES IN A SENSELESS KILLING ON SECOND STREET. PLEASE, LET'S MAKE THESE CHANGES. CHANGE NEEDS TO BRING BACK THE PEACE TO BELMONT SHORE. THESE BARS ARE NOT MEETING THE CONDITIONS. THE LAW IS THE LAW. MA'AM, [35. 26-54699 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with all appropriate departments including Parks, Recreation and Marine, Community Development, and the Office of Equity, as well as engage with the Parks and Recreation Commission and community stakeholders, to initiate a comprehensive review and renaming process for City-owned parks, facilities, and assets currently honoring Cesar E. Chavez, including Cesar E. Chavez Park in downtown Long Beach; Request City Manager to work with the Office of Equity and community stakeholders to propose revisions to the City’s existing resolution recognizing the 31st of March as Cesar Chavez Day, into a new and more expansive resolution promoting a day of celebration in the City that uplifts the broader legacy of economic justice and civil rights of the farmworkers movement, and that recognizes the invaluable role that women leaders have and continue to play in these movements for dignity and justice; request City Attorney to revise this resolution based on community feedback; and Request City Manager to engage and encourage the Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach City College, California State University Long Beach and other prominent civic and cultural institutions throughout Long Beach to pursue similar measures to review and consider potential renaming actions for schools, centers, facilities, programs, celebrations, days of recognition, and other public forums currently honoring Cesar E. Chavez into names that are more consistent with the city’s broader values of equity, inclusion, and justice.       Office or Department: Rex Richardson, Mayor; Roberto Uranga, Vice Mayor, Seventh District; Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Joni Ricks-Oddie Councilmember, Ninth District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. I'M ALMOST DONE. THERE'S NOISE, TRASH, PUB, URINATION. ALL I ASK IS TO PLEASE CONSIDER TO CLOSE THESE BARS EARLY. THE DIFFERENCE. THANK YOU. THANK DOING THE SPEAKERS BEFORE THEY'RE COMING. STEPPING FORWARD AND MAKING YOUR COMMENTS. UH, WE ARE NOT THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM UH, 30, UH, 35. ITEM 35, PLEASE. COMMUNICATION FOR MAYOR RICHARDSON, VICE MAYORGA. COUNCILWOMAN INDE HAS COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTI RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH ALL APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND THE OFFICE OF EQUITY, AS WELL AS ENGAGE WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO INITIATE A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW AND RENAMING PROCESS FOR CITY OWNED PARKS, FACILITIES AND ASSETS. CURRENTLY HONORING CESAR E CHAVEZ, INCLUDING CESAR E CHAVEZ PARK IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF EQUITY AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO PROPOSE REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S EXISTING RESOLUTION. RECOGNIZING THE 31ST OF MARCH AS CAESAR CHAVEZ DAY INTO A NEW AND MORE EXPANSIVE RESOLUTION, PROMOTING A DAY OF CELEBRATION IN THE CITY THAT UPLIFTS THE BROADER LEGACY OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS FROM THE FRAME. FARM WORKERS MOVEMENT. REQUEST CITY ATTORNEY TO REVISE THIS RESOLUTION BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO ENGAGE AND ENCOURAGE THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE, CALIFORNIA STATE, UNIVERSITY OF LONG BEACH, AND OTHER PROMINENT CIVIC AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH TO PURSUE SIMILAR MEASURES TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER POTENTIAL RENAMING ACTIONS FOR SCHOOL CENTERS, FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, CELEBRATIONS, DAYS OF RECOGNITION, AND OTHER PUBLIC FORUMS CURRENTLY HONORING CAESAR ES CHAVEZ INTO NAMES THAT ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S BROADER VALUES OF EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND JUSTICE US. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I HAVE A STATEMENT HERE FROM THE MAYOR THAT I WOULD LIKE TO READ AND PUT IT FOR THE RECORD. WE ARE AT AN IMPORTANT MOMENT OF REFLECTION SINCE THE NEWS OF SAYS, OUR CHALLENGES DEEPLY TROUBLING AND PAINFUL. REGULAR ABUSE THAT CAME TO LIGHT LAST WEEK. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS HOLDING. AND DEBORAH IN OUR THOUGHTS, HAS NOW SHOWN THAT COURAGE, WHAT COURAGE LOOKS LIKE THROUGH A LIFETIME OF FIGHTING FOR OTHERS, AND THAT THE SAME COURAGE WAS EVIDENT WHEN SHE CAME FORWARD TO SHARE HER TRUTH. HONORING THAT LEGACY MEANS LISTENING TO SURVIVORS, SUPPORTING THEM, AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY WHERE HARM HAS OCCURRED. THESE RECENT REPORTS ARE UNSETTLING AND WE AS A CITY TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS REAL GRIEF IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY. AT THIS MOMENT IN MY CONVERSATION WITH LATINO LEADERS ACROSS OUR CITY, IT'S CLEAR MANY HAVE NOT YET HAD THE TIME OR SPACE TO FULLY PROCESS THIS NEWS. OVER THE COMING WEEKS, WE WILL BEGIN TO ENGAGE OUR SENIORS LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY IN A THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE PROCESS TO CONSIDER HOW WE RECOGNIZE THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT IN OUR PUBLIC SPACES, SPACES ALL THE DAYS AT CIVIC LIFE, INCLUDING THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE JONES PARK AND DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. [00:40:02] THIS PROCESS MUST BE CENTERED AND LED BY THE LATINO COMMUNITY WITH GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHO REPRESENT THE AREA THAT IS HOME TO SOME OF THESE KEY ASSETS. WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING THE TIME NECESSARY TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER COMES NEXT REFLECTS OUR SHARED VALUES OF PROVIDING SAFE, INCLUSIVE, AND NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS, NURTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR RESIDENTS AND HONORS THE VOICES OF THOSE EMBANKMENT TONIGHT IN JUST THE BEGINNING OF THAT PROCESS. COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, TO OUR MAYOR FOR THOSE WORDS. AS A DAUGHTER OF IMMIGRANTS AND A PROUD DAUGHTER OF FARM, A FARM WORKER, UM, WHAT WE EXPERIENCED THIS PAST WEEK HAS REALLY, REALLY BEEN DEVASTATED TO ME PERSONALLY. UM, IT TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COURAGE TO PUBLICLY COME OUT AGAINST SOMEONE LIKE CESA CHAVEZ, WHOSE STRUCTURE WAS ADMIRED AND INHALED AS HEROIC IN THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT. ALL THE, ALL OF THESE ALLEGATIONS BECOME CLEAR. I AM THINKING OF THE MOST IMPACTED AND WANTED TO CONTINUE TO UPLIFT THEM. DOLORES HUTA, ANNA AND DEBORAH ROJAS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COURAGE. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE IS NEVER, NEVER, OKAY. AND I WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH THEM. THESE ALLEGATIONS ARE PROFOUNDLY SHOCKING TO SAY THE LEAST. AS A LATINA LEADER AND REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PUBLIC ASSETS CARRYING THE NAMESAKE OF CESA CHAVEZ, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING THEIR RENAMING. THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD, ALONG WITH MAYOR RICHARDSON, VICE MAYOR RGA AND NINE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER JONI RICK. SO THIS ITEM OUTLINES THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE PROCESS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OTHER LEADERS ON THE BEST PATH FORWARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO STAFF FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THIS RECOMMENDATION AND KEEP, UH, AND TO KEEP US INFORMED AND UPDATED ON OUR NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS VERY, VERY BRIEF. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE LOOKING TONIGHT AT THE ESTABLISHMENT IN THE BEGINNING, OUR PROCESS TO RENAME THESE FACILITIES WHERE WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT A HOLIDAY THAT THAT TAKES PLACE ON MARCH 31ST. I, UH, WANNA SAY THAT WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, IT WAS WITH A SAD, SAD HEART THAT I HAD TO REVIEW THIS AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WE HAVE TO RECONSIDER SOME OF THE WE'VE BEEN AND WHAT WE'VE DONE. BUT ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO LOOK AT OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE JUST THAT DESERVING OF RECOGNITION IN OUR LOCATED IN OUR CITIES. WE HAVE PLENTY OF GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES, PARKS, AND OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN ALSO CONSIDER, UH, RECOGNITION FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS, UH, A PERSON WHO IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AS SERVED US VERY WELL. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, I HOPE THAT YOU ARE PATIENT, THAT YOU WILL BE WORKING WITH US TO NAME AND MOVE BY MAN AND MOVE FORWARD FROM THIS DARK PLACE THAT WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, ADDING TO THE LINE OF, OF FUTURE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE. SO, WITH THAT, I WANNA TAKE IT OVER TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, MADAM CHAIR, MAD OF A MADAM UH, CLERK. UH, DO WE HAVE A, A PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS. SHARON WEISSMAN, TONY URANGA, JESSICA QUINTANA, AND MARIO SOLIS, IF YOU CAN LINE UP AT THE PODIUM. HOW MANY DO WE [00:45:01] HAVE, BY THE WAY? THERE'S FOUR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OKAY. AND THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL. RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU TODAY. UH, AS WAS MENTIONED, I THINK WE WERE ALL HEARTBROKEN WHEN WE HEARD THE NEWS ABOUT CESAR CHAVEZ. WE HAVE ALL LOOKED UP TO HIM FOR SO LONG, BUT NOW WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US WHAT TO DO WITH THE NAME OF, OF CHAVEZ PARK. I KNOW THERE WILL BE NO DECISION TONIGHT FOR WHAT TO NAME THE PARK THAT IS CURRENTLY CHAVEZ PARK, BUT THE DEFINITION FOR THE PROCESS OF RENAMING THE PARK IS WHAT WILL BE DECIDED THIS EVENING. AND I WANNA SAY I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE INCLUSION OF LATINAS AND LATINOS IN THAT PROCESS. I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN THE CONVERSATION THAT THE PARK BE NAMED AFTER JENNY ESA. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND A WHILE KNOW THAT JENNY ESA IS THE REASON THAT PARK WAS BUILT. WHEN SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT, ONE OF HER HIGHEST PRIORITIES WAS TO ADD A PARK TO A VERY PARK POOR AREA. UM, EXCUSE ME. SHE WAS THE MOVING FORCE BEHIND CONDEMNING THE SLUMS THAT WERE ON THAT PROPERTY BEHIND THEM BEING DESTROYED AND TORN DOWN AND BEGINNING THE PROCESS AND INDEED THE PARK BEING BUILT. ALL THAT HAPPENED DURING HER TIME AS THE FIRST DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER. I DID BRING A LITTLE VISUAL AID WITH ME TONIGHT TO SHOW YOU, UH, THIS IS WAS THE, AND I'M HAPPY TO, TO HAVE THE COUNCIL SEE IT CLOSER IF THEY LIKE THIS WAS, UH, PUT TOGETHER. IT WAS, I'M SORRY, FROM THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THE PARK AND, UH, HER INVOLVEMENT. UM, AND, AND I THINK ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF THE JOY THAT THE COMMUNITY FELT THAT AT LAST THERE WOULD BE A PARK IN THEIR AREA, THE HOPE THAT THERE WOULD BE A PLACE FOR THEIR, FOR THEM AND THEIR CHILDREN TO RECREATE A PLACE, TO GATHER A PLACE TO, TO, TO CALL THEIR OWN. AND IN FACT, A PARK THAT WAS NAMED AFTER SOMEONE OF THEIR COMMUNITY, SAN CHAVEZ. JENNY WAS A FORCE OF NATURE IN THIS CITY. SHE WAS THE REASON PEOPLE OF COLOR WERE ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD AS SHE CO-CHAIRED THE COMMITTEE THAT TOOK US FROM DISTRICTWIDE, LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTIONS TO FIVE DISTINCT, UM, TRUST, UH, DISTRICTS. SHE WAS THE FIRST LATINA ELECTED AS PRESIDENT AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH. AND THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ELECTED TWICE TO THAT OFFICE. SHE WAS THE FIRST LATINA OR LATINO ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THE FIRST LATINO OR LATINO ELECTED TO THE SCHOOL BOARD. SHE FOUGHT TIRELESSLY FOR THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH AND THEN CALIFORNIA WHEN SHE WAS IN THE ASSEMBLY IN THE SENATE WHERE SHE REPRESENTED OUR CITY. I KNOW YOU'RE NOT NAMING THE PARK THIS EVENING AND WE DON'T HAVE A BIG CROWD HERE 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT. BUT THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT NAMING THE PARK AFTER JENNY. AND I WOULD JUST ASK THEM TO STAND. I THANK THEM FOR COMING. I THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS. SHOULD THE PARK BE NAMED, UH, RENAMED JENNY OROPEZA PARK. I'VE HEARD A PROPOSAL TO. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS TO, I'M JUST GONNA FINISH THE SENTENCE. UH, THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO RENAME THE COMMUNITY CENTER, THE LATINO CULTURAL CENTER. CAN I THANK YOU SHARON. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HEY, I KNOW YOU MY NAME, IF YOU DON'T KNOW IT BY NOW, IS TONY REKA. I'M HERE AS PRESIDENT OF THE LULAC, UH, LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN ES LONG BEACH COUNCIL. LULAC LONG BEACH COUNCIL STANDS WITH COUNCILWOMAN MARY ZENDEJAS, OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE LETICIA, A NETWORK, UH, IT'S WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST ALL SEXUAL ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PARTICULARLY, AND PARTICULARLY IN SUPPORT OF DOLORES HUERTA AND ANY WOMAN OR MINORS WHO HAVE, HAVE, UH, SURVIVED THIS DEVASTATING TRAGEDY. TRAGEDY. WE IN THE LATINO COMMUNITY, OF COURSE, ARE DEVASTATED BY THE NEWS THAT ONE OF OUR ICONIC LEADERS, UH, LEGACIES HAS BEEN TARNISHED BY HIS ACTIONS. HOWEVER, OUR PRIMARY CONCERN REMAINS WITH THE SURVIVORS. LULE IS ASKING FOR THE FOLLOWING. NUMBER ONE, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUE A PUBLIC WRITTEN STATEMENT DENOUNCING ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND IN SUPPORT OF DOLORES HUERTA AND OTHER SURVIVORS WHO HAVE HAD TO ENDURE THIS FOR DECADES. TWO, WE ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO RENAME ALL PUBLIC FACILITIES, WHICH THERE'S ONE NAMED AFTER CESAR CHAVEZ, AND REQUEST THAT THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DO THE SAME. THREE, WE ARE ASKING THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THE LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO INCLUDE LOCAL LEADERS, INCLUDING LULAC MEMBERS IN RENAMING THESE FACILITIES. AND I'M TALKING GENERALLY EITHER NOW IN FUTURE NAMING OR RENAMING OPPORTUNITIES, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS A COMMISSION OR I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A COMMISSION, UH, ALREADY, UH, PARKS AND RECOGNITION ESTABLISHED PROCESS FOR RENAMING FACILITIES. WE [00:50:01] STRONGLY URGE THAT LOCAL LATINO REPRESENTATION TAKE PART IN THE RENAMING. LULAC WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST IN COORDINATING, COORDINATING LATINO LEADERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP AND SUBMIT A LIST OF FOUR TO SIX NAMES, IF NOT MORE, THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY WOULD SUPPORT FOR RENAMING AND NAMING CONSIDERATION BY THE SEAT FOR NOW AND IN THE FUTURE, GIVEN THAT L-B-U-S-D-L-B-C-C AND C-S-U-L-B COLLECTIVELY SERVE STUDENT POPULATIONS THAT ARE OVER 50% LATINO AND THE CITY OF LONG BEACH COMING CLOSE TO THAT, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES REFLECT NAMES THAT ALSO SERVE AS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES, INSTILLING PRIDE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING IN STUDENTS WHO SEE NAMES THAT SOUND LIKE THEIR OWN. WE LOOK FORWARD TO PRESENTING IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FUTURE RENAMING AND, UH, RENAMING AND NAMING OPPORTUNITIES AND HOPE THAT MEANINGFUL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IN SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY SURVIVORS. I JUST HOPE THAT THAT'S NOT THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY AND THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, UN UH, UH, VERIFIED, UH, SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIMS DURING THIS ELECTION YEAR WHEN THE NUMBER ONE, UH, ASSAILANT IS IN OFFICE NOW AND HAS BEEN CONVICTED YET, NEVER BEEN TOLD TO LEAVE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, FOR, FOR RESIDENT OF THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, TORE IS A SECOND LATINA ELECTED OFFICIAL ELECTED CITY COUNCIL. I WAS ELECTED, BUT NEVER SERVED. FIRST WITH NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, TOM MOCA, THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE HONOR TO SPEAK HERE TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS JESSICA QUINTANA. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LARGEST LATINO SERVING AGENCY IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, AND ALSO BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS GREAT CITY FOR OVER 54 YEARS. UM, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CYNTHIA HAS STATED, THIS IS DEFINITELY HEARTBREAKING, UM, A DEF YOU KNOW, A BLOW TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO THE LEADERSHIP, TO SUCH A LEADER IN THE CIVIC RIGHTS MOVEMENT. UM, I, AS A YOUTH WHO GREW UP IN THE CENTRO DEA, THE FIRST CENTRO OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MARCH WITH SESSA WHEN HE CAME FROM DELANO ALL THE WAY TO LA, CAME TO LONG BEACH, AND THEN WE MARCHED WITH HIM TO, UM, WILMINGTON. SO HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN IN COMMUNITY AND, AND BOYCOTTING THE, THE STORES HERE IN LONG BEACH THROUGH THE CENTRO WITH ARMANDO VASQUEZ, IF EVERYBODY KNEW WHO HE WAS. I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE DID DURING THIS EVERY TIME. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO AS A WOMAN AND A WOMAN LEADER, AND WE ALSO PROVIDE VICTIMS OF CRIME SERVICES, WE DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS OF CRIME AND, AND SEXUAL ASSAULTS, AND WE DENOUNCE ANY VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN, GIRLS, WOMEN AND MEN. AND SO WE DEFINITELY WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE NAMING OF THE PARK, YOU KNOW, UPLIFTS AND IN SOMEBODY'S LOCAL HERALD NAME OF OUR CITY WHO HAS DONE JUSTICE AND EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHO WILL PROMOTE THAT IN OUR CITY AND HEALING. AND SO I KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED, UH, TO, TO, UM, TO LOOK AT OUR FORMER SENATOR ESA, WHO CURRENTLY THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS NAMED AFTER. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL HOMETOWN HEROES IN THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE. AND SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF THIS NAMING OF THE PARK. AND I JUST WANT TO ALSO, UH, SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK ACROSS CITY DEPARTMENTS, OF COURSE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION. AND I SEE THE DIRECTOR, STEVEN HERE TODAY AND WORKING WITH LATINO GROUP LEADERS HERE IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO, UM, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT CHOICE AND DECISION FOR THE HEALING OF OUR, OUR COMMUNITY HERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, UM, SESSION TODAY AND, AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND LOOK FORWARD TO BEING PART OF THAT COMMITTEE AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARIO SOLI MAURI, AND I SERVE AS THE LEGISLATIVE AND POLITICAL ACTION CHAIR FOR THE LONG BEACH LATINO DEMOCRATIC CLUB. AND I'M HERE TO READ THEIR OFFICIAL STATEMENT TONIGHT. WE'RE SPEAKING OUT TONIGHT IN RESPONSE TO THE CURRENT SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST CESAR CHAVEZ. THE LONG BEACH LATINO DEMOCRATIC CLUB IS APPALLED BY THESE ALLEGATIONS, AND WE STRONGLY AND UNEQUIVOCALLY CONDEMN THE ACTIONS ATTRIBUTED TO HIM. NO INDIVIDUAL, NO LEGACY, AND NO BODY IS ABOVE ACCOUNTABILITY. WHILE WE REMAIN STEADFAST IN OUR CALL FOR TRUTH, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CHANGE, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY IS IN PAIN FOR MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS MOMENT HAS REOPENED LAYERS [00:55:01] OF TRAUMA SHAPED BY GENERATIONS OF DISCRIMINATION, EXCLUSION, AND NEGLECT. THAT PAIN HAS ONLY BEEN DEEPENED BY THE SEVERE ACTIONS OUR COMMUNITY HAS WITNESSED AND ENDURED OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. THE FACT THAT THESE ALLEGATIONS INVOLVE A FIGURE MANY REVERED AS A SYMBOL OF JUSTICE MAKES THIS MOMENT UNIQUELY PAINFUL. IT REQUIRES TIME TO PROCESS AND TO GRIEVE. AS WE MOVE FORWARD THOUGHTFULLY AND INTENTIONALLY IN THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF RENAMING CESAR CHAVEZ PARK, WE EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR THE LOTES HUTA AND THE OTHER SURVIVORS WHO HAVE BRAVELY COME FORWARD. THEIR COURAGE AND LEADERSHIP DESERVE OUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT. AND AS WE NAVIGATE THIS PAINFUL MOMENT, WE ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE STEPS THAT HONOR SURVIVORS, UPHOLD THE TRUTH BY ENSURING THAT THE LATINO COMMUNITY HAS A MEANINGFUL VOICE IN WHAT COMES NEXT. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO ISSUE A PUBLIC WRITTEN STATEMENT DENOUNCING ALL FORMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND AFFIRMING SUPPORT FOR THE CHAVEZ SURVIVORS TO RENAME THE PUBLIC FACILITIES IN LONG BEACH, CURRENTLY NAMED AFTER CESAR CHAVEZ. AND ENCOURAGE AND REQUEST THAT L-B-U-S-D DO THE SAME AND ENSURE THAT A BROAD ACTS A BROAD CROSS SECTION OF LOCAL LATINO LEADERS, UH, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE LONG BEACH LATINO DEMOCRATIC CLUB, ARE INCLUDED IN THE RENAMING PROCESS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR NAMING AND RENAMING FACILITIES. HOWEVER, THIS INSTANCE IS, IT, IT IN THIS INSTANCE IS DIFFERENT AND DEMANDS ESSENTIAL PARTICIPATION FROM THE LATINO COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND IT DIDN'T JUST HAPPEN BECAUSE OF ONE PERSON, IT HAPPENED BECAUSE HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME TOGETHER. AND THIS PROCESS HAS TO BE COLLECTIVE AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. FOR COMMENTS, UH, NOT SEE ANY MORE ON WHEN THE COMING, WE'RE GETTING BEHIND THE RAIL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR YANG. SO I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR AS WELL AS YOU VICE MAYOR. AND COUNCIL WINS DEJAS AND COUNCIL MEMBER RICKS OTI FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. AS A FORMER LABOR ORGANIZER MYSELF, I AM ALSO HEARTBROKEN AND LIKE MANY SAW HIM AS A ROLE MODEL IN THE LABOR MOVEMENT. THE COURAGEOUS TESTIMONY FROM LABOR LEADERS, LEADER LIKE DOLORES HUTA AND THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS, INCLUDING DEBORAH ROJAS AND ANNA ROJAS, IS AN URGENT AND HIGHLIGHTS A NON-NEGOTIABLE TRUTH THAT SEXUAL ASSAULT AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ARE INTOLERABLE IN EVERY SPACE, INCLUDING WITHIN MOVEMENTS THAT HAVE LONG FOUGHT FOR JUSTICE. THE LABOR MOVEMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COLLECTIVE ORGANIZED EFFORT, POWERED BY MILLIONS OF WORKING PEOPLE, NOT DEFINED BY ANY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, AND ITS STRENGTH LIES IN SOLIDARITY. AND THAT SAME COMMITMENT MUST GUIDE US NOW AT THIS MOVEMENT. AT THIS MOMENT, WE MUST BE, UH, PRIORITIZE ACCOUNTABILITY AND CENTER THE EXPERIENCE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HARMED. BECAUSE SURVIVORS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO LABOR MOVEMENT, DESERVE TO BE HEARD, PROTECTED, SUPPORTED, AND WITHOUT EXCEPTION, ACCOUNTABILITY IS NOT SELECTIVE. IT MUST BE UPHELD REGARDLESS OF POSITION, LEGACY, OR INFLUENCE. BECAUSE IF WE ARE TO TRULY STAND FOR JUSTICE, THEN WE MUST ENSURE THAT THE LABOR MOVEMENT REFLECTS THAT VALUE, THAT SAFETY IS GUARANTEED, AND NO ONE IS ABOVE ACCOUNTABILITY. WE MUST ALSO COMMIT TO REAL SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITIES CONNECTED TO THAT HISTORY, ESPECIALLY SURVIVORS, AND ALSO BY ENSURING THAT ACCESS TO SERVICES, UM, AND STRENGTHENING PARTNERSHIP WITH THOSE ORGANIZATION AND IN SUPPORTING THEM IN THE WAYS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUPPORTED. LASTLY, I AM IN SUPPORT OF A COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROCESS FOR RENAMING, UM, BUILDING AND PARKS, OR IN OUR CASE A PARK AND A SCHOOL. UM, AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC INPUT AND INTENTIONALLY UPLIFT LOCAL LEADER AND UNDER, UNDER, UNDER RECOGNIZED OR UNSUNG HEROES WHOSE CONTRIBUTION HA THAT HAS DIRECTLY SHAPED OUR CITY. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TH THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. UM, I TOO WANT TO EXPRESS MY FULL SUPPORT FOR THIS ITEM. THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS REGARDING CESAR CHAVEZ ARE SIMPLY AWFUL AND MY HEART IS WITH THE SURVIVORS, THE LORETA, ANA DE ROJAS, AND EVERY OTHER SURVIVOR [01:00:01] WHO CARRIED THIS PAIN IN SILENCE FOR DECADES. THIS IS A POWERFUL REMINDER THAT NO WOMAN SHOULD EVER HAVE TO KEEP SHAMEFUL SECRETS TO PROTECT A POWERFUL FIGURE. I SUPPORT THE REQUEST AS WELL TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE A TRANSPARENT COMMUNITY CENTERED RENAMING PROCESS FOR THE PARKS AND FACILITIES. THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IS LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH A SET OF ESTEEMED LATINO LEADERS WHO ARE HERE SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO HELP IN THAT RENAMING PROCESS AND SUPPORT THAT ALONG WITH THE CITY. IT IS ALSO TIME TO EVOLVE HOW WE RECOGNIZE MARCH 31ST BY TRANSITIONING CESAR CHAVEZ DAY INTO A BROADER CELEBRATION OF THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT, WE CAN PROPERLY UPLIFT THE LEGACY OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND CIVIL RIGHTS. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR THE MANY, MANY UNRECOGNIZED LEADERS WHO HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AT THE HEART OF THAT STRUGGLE. I WANNA THANK THE MAYOR, VICE MAYOR YANGA COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS AND RICK OTI FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO MOVE WITHOUT DELAY TO ENSURE OUR CITY HONORS THE FARM WORKER MOVEMENT WITH THE CARE THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND DESERVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YES, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD AND TO THOSE WHO SPOKE SO ELOQUENTLY TONIGHT AND TO MY COLLEAGUES WHO ADDED SO MUCH TO THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THE MEETING STARTED AND THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATION, UH, HERE TO OFTEN SURVIVORS CARRY THEIR PAIN AND EXPERIENCE IN SILENCE AND CHOOSING TO PROTECT INSTITUTIONS, COMMUNITIES, AND MOVEMENTS RATHER THAN RISK FURTHER HARM BY SPEAKING OUT THAT REALITY UNDERSCORES HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO COME FORWARD, ESPECIALLY WHEN POWER AND INFLUENCE ARE INVOLVED. HER DECISION TO SPEAK REINFORCES A SIMPLE BUT IMPORTANT TRUTH. HONESTY STRENGTHENS THE WORK OF JUSTICE, AND ACCOUNTABILITY MUST EXIST IN EVERY SPACE, AND NO CAUSES SERVED BY IGNORING THE HARM AND DISMISSING THOSE WHO EXPERIENCED IT. SO I STAND WITH SURVIVORS. UM, ON A TECHNICAL NOTE, I KNOW WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE CITY, WHICH DO INCLUDE SOME EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS, AND I WOULD ASK THAT WE WORK IN COORDINATION WITH L-B-U-S-D. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PROCESS TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK FROM THEIR COMMUNITY THAT WILL WANT TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION. SO I ASK THAT WE HONOR THEIR PROCESS, UM, AND NOT DEMAND A PROCESS FROM THEM IN COORDINATION WITH OUR OWN. UM, AND I REALLY URGE YOU TO ADVOCATE DIRECTLY TO THOSE LEADERS AND TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES IMPACTED, UH, WITHIN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DIRECTLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. SO TO, TO FINISH THIS ITEM HERE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS THE PROCESS AND THEN THERE ARE, OH, I'M SORRY, BEFORE I FINISH A LITTLE LATE, BUT YOU MADE IT . I SNUCK IT IN. BUT I WANTED TO, UM, THANK OUR PUBLIC SPEAKERS WHO CAME UP AND SUPPORTED THIS ITEM AND MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES FOR THEIR ELOQUENT WORDS. UM, I SUPPORT THIS ITEM. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I WAS SAYING IS THAT THIS IS A PROCESS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED AND I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PARTICIPATION IN RECOMMENDING NAMES AND [33. 26-54599 Recommendation to receive and file an update on the proposed Mobile Food Facility Ordinance recommendations; and Declare ordinance amending Title 5 and Title 8 of the Long Beach Municipal Code by repealing and replacing Chapters 5.37, 5.51, 8.40, 8.44, 8.45, and amending 10.24 all relating to mobile food facilities, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading. (Citywide)       Office or Department: City Manager; Financial Management; Health and Human Services         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] RECOMMENDING HOW THE PROCESS CONTINUES FORWARD TO RENAMING THESE FACILITIES. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS HERE TONIGHT. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. UH, NICE. TAKE A MOMENT PLEASE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR PARTICIPATING THIS EVENING. ITEM 33, PLEASE. ITEM 33, REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN UPDATE ON THE PROPOSED MOBILE FOOD FACILITY ORDINANCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE ALL RELATING TO MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES. READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING CITYWIDE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? YES, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS. SO, UH, YOU RECEIVED A PRETTY LONG PRESENTATION WHEN WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU, UM, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR. UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT PRESENTATION SINCE WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT, BUT WE'D LIKE TO BASICALLY SUM UP, UH, WHAT SOME OF THE INPUT HAS BEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE, UH, COUPLE MONTHS, UH, AND KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE CHANGES ARE AND GIVE A [01:05:01] A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE ORDINANCE. SO I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO GRACE HUON AND HER TEAM. GREAT. THANK YOU TOM. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OF THE PROPOSED MOBILE FOOD FACILITY ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE CULMINATION AS TAM TOM SAID, OF A CROSS DEPARTMENTAL EFFORT CONDUCTED OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THIS PRESENTATION WILL WALK THROUGH THE PROCESS THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT IN SOME BACKGROUND CONTEXT. WE'LL THEN HIGHLIGHT THE REFINEMENTS MADE TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE SINCE IT WAS LAST PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL IN SEPTEMBER. FINALLY, WE'LL BRIEFLY OUTLINE ELEMENTS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED. THE PRESENTATION ALSO INCLUDES AN APPENDIX WITH DETAILED SLIDES COVERING THE FULL ORDINANCE. WE WON'T BE GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT TODAY AS THE DRAFT ORDINANCE HAS ALREADY BEEN RELEASED TO THE COMMUNITY AND REVIEWED IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS TO CUT CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, WE'VE INCLUDED THE APPENDIX FOR EASY REFERENCE AND WE CAN PULL UP THOSE SLIDES AS NEEDED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OR HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. SO STARTING FIRST WITH THE BACKGROUND AS WE TALK ABOUT THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES OR COLLOQUIALLY, AS WE WILL CALL THEM, FOOD TRUCKS. ONE IMPORTANT PIECE OF CONTEXT IS EXISTING CASE LAW IN CALIFORNIA COURTS HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT ANY LOCATION BASED RESTRICTIONS ON FOOD TRUCKS HAVE TO BE REASONABLE IN TERMS OF TIME, PLACE, AND MANNER, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY MUST SERVE A PUBLIC SAFETY PURPOSE. ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE A FEW EXAMPLES OF CASES THAT HIGHLIGHT THIS POINT. REGULATIONS NEED TO BE TIED TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE IN ORDER TO HOLD UP LEGALLY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN PEOPLE VERSUS A LA CARTE CARTER CATERING COMPANY, THE COURT INVALIDATED AN LA ORDINANCE PROHIBITING FOOD TRUCKS FROM OPERATING WITHIN 100 FEET OF BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS, FINDING IT TO BE ARBITRARY RATHER THAN A REGULATION BASED ON EVIDENCE OF SAFETY AND NECESSITY. SO WITH THAT REGULATORY CONTEXT IN MIND, IN 2 20 21, LISA WISE CONSULTING CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE TO IDENTIFY CHALLENGES IN REGULATING FOOD TRUCKS. THEIR REVIEW FOUND INCONSISTENCIES AND UNCLEAR LANGUAGE AND RECOMMENDED STREAMLINING AND UPDATING THE RELEVANT SECTIONS INTO A SINGLE COHESIVE SECTION COVERING ALL MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES. AS PART OF THEIR REVIEW, LISA WISE CONSULTING CONDUCTED 10 VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS WITH CITY DEPARTMENTS AND SIX VIRTUAL STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IN ADDITION, THE CITY ITSELF HOSTED A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL, A HEALTH PERMIT WORKSHOP LED BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU AND SEVEN FOCUS GROUPS WITH FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS, RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. IN ADDITION TO THOSE ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS, THE CITY ALSO CONDUCTED AN ONLINE SURVEY IN 2023 TO BETTER UNDERSTAND COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND THEIR CONCERNS AND IDEAS FOR REGULATIONS, MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED WITH 90% OF RESPONDENTS BEING LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. IN ADDITION TO THE SURVEY, STAFF ALSO HOSTED TWO MEETINGS, ONE IN PERSON AND ONE VIRTUAL TO REVIEW THE SURVEY RESULTS AND SHARE SOME EARLY IDEAS FOR FOOD TRUCK REGULATIONS. BOTH MEETINGS INCLUDED FACILITATED SMALL GROUP DISCUSSIONS, WHICH GAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS A CHANCE TO PROVIDE MORE DETAILED FEEDBACK. STAFF COMPLETED, COMPILED ALL OF THE FEEDBACK GATHERED THROUGH COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, THE CONSULTANT STUDY AND INTERNAL RESEARCH TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE COMPONENTS OF THAT PROPOSAL WAS FIRST RELEASED IN A MEMO ISSUED ON AUGUST 20TH, 2025. THAT MEMO OUTLINED THE RECOMMENDED FRAMEWORK AND SUMMARIZE THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS INCLUDED, INCLUDING SURVEY FINDINGS. THEN THIS PAST SEPTEMBER, STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION. AT THAT MEETING, COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO RETURN WITH AN ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING AND TO EXPLORE SEVERAL SPECIFIC ITEMS, THE FEASIBILITY OF AN EXCESSIVE ENFORCEMENT FINE, WHETHER BIXBY PARK NORTH OF OCEAN COULD BE ADDED TO THE PARKS PILOT PARKING LOT PROGRAM AND OPPORTUNITIES TO CLARIFY CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE LANGUAGE. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU TODAY INCORPORATES RESPONSES TO ALL THOSE REQUESTS WITH ONE EXCEPTION, BIXBY PARKS DOES NOT HAVE A DEDICATED PARKING LOT AND THEREFORE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE PARKS PARKING LOT PILOT PROGRAM TO CONTINUE EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY. ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, STAFF HELD A TWO HOUR VIRTUAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19TH AFTER A STAFF PRESENTATION COVERING ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, PARTICIPANTS WERE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND OFFER FEEDBACK. MANY OF THE QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT AND HOW THE CITY WOULD ENGAGE WITH OPERATORS WHO MAY BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS IN PLACE. ALSO, ON DECEMBER 2ND, STAFF HOSTED AN IN-PERSON INFORMATION FAIR AT [01:10:01] THE BILLIE JEAN KING MAIN LIBRARY, SPECIFICALLY GEARED TOWARDS FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS. THIS EVENT ALLOWED OPERATORS TO SPEAK DIRECTLY WITH CITY REPRESENTATIVES AND RECEIVE ASSISTANCE WITH ANY STEPS NEEDED TO BEGIN THE PERMITTING PROCESS IF THEY WERE NOT ALREADY PERMITTED. AFTER A BRIEF BRIEF PRESENTATION REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE, EACH DEPARTMENT STAFFED A TABLE FOR ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS. INFORMATION SHARING DEPARTMENTS REPRESENTED INCLUDED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HUMAN RESOURCES, HEALTH, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, AND PUBLIC WORKS. FEEDBACK SHARED DURING THIS EVENT INCLUDED CONCERNS THAT THE ORDINANCE MAY BE TOO RESTRICTIVE AND COULD DISCOURAGE BUSINESS. BOTH THESE EVENTS WERE WIDELY CIRCULATED ONLINE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE CITY'S WEBPAGE, AND PROMOTED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. DURING THE SAME PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH FEBRUARY 20TH, A DIGITAL FEEDBACK FORM WAS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. A TOTAL OF 58 RESPONSES WERE SUBMITTED, ALL OF WHICH ARE INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THIS COUNCIL ITEM. COMMON CATEGORIES OF THE FEEDBACK INCLUDED ENFORCEMENT ALLOWABLE LOCATIONS AND PARITY WITH OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES. WE'LL NOW HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE SINCE THE AUGUST MEMO AND THE PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL LAST SEPTEMBER. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE INCLUDES UPDATES TO SEVERAL CHAPTERS OF THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 5.37. THIS WILL NOW BE THE NEW CONSOLIDATED MOBILE FOOD FACILITY CHAPTER, BRINGING ALL THE REGULATIONS INTO ONE LOCATION. CHAPTER 5.51. THIS CHAPTER PREVIOUSLY COVERED ICE CREAM TRUCKS IS PROPOSED FOR DELETIONS. ITS PROVISIONS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND CONSOLIDATED INTO THE NEW CHAPTER 5.37. CHAPTER EIGHT. SEVERAL SECTIONS IN THIS CHAPTER RELATED TO THE STATE HEALTH CODE ARE BEING UPDATED TO ALIGN TERMINOLOGY AND REFERENCES WITH THE NEW MOBILE FOOD FACILITY ORDINANCE IN CHAPTER 10.24, AN AMENDMENT IS BEING PROPOSED TO ALLOW THE CITY TO DESIGNATE PARKING SPACES EXCLUSIVELY FOR MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES, WHICH WE ADDED IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A DEDICATED LANE FOR FOOD TRUCKS ON OCEAN BOULEVARD BY LINCOLN PARK. LASTLY, THERE ARE CHANGES ALSO BEING MADE TO CHAPTER 21 AND 22 IN SUPPORT OF THESE CHAPTER FIVE CHANGES, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED AS PART OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM LED BY THE COMMUNE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. ONE OF THE UPDATES THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WAS A CLARIFICATION TO THE LIGHTING REQUIREMENTS. THE REVISED LANGUAGE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT LIGHTING NEEDED FOR CUSTOMER SAFETY IS PERMITTED WHILE ENSURING THAT LIGHTING CANNOT BE USED IN A WAY THAT CREATES GLARE OR NUISANCE CONDITIONS FOR NEARBY PROPERTY OR TRAFFIC. ANOTHER UPDATE WAS TO THE PARK PARKING LOT PILOT PROGRAM. THE NUMBER OF DESIGNATED SPOTS WAS PREVIOUSLY UP TO TWO SPOTS THAT COULD BE EXCLUSIVELY DESIGNATED FOR A FOOD TRUCK. THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED TO UP TO FIVE SPOTS TO PROVIDE GREATER FLEXIBILITY DEPENDING ON HOW PILOT PROGRAM EVOLVES. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS GRANADA BEACH, WHICH REMAINS AT TWO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE WAS ALSO ADDED TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE, OR DESIGNEE TO DETERMINE PARTICIPATING PARKS IN SPECIFIC PARKING LOCATIONS, WHICH WILL ALLOW FUTURE ADJUSTMENTS TO BE MADE ADMINISTRATIVELY WITH REQUIRING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. PARK SELECTION WILL BE BASED ON SAFETY CAPACITY AND DEMONSTRATED OPERATOR USE CONSISTENT WITH ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. LANGUAGE WAS ALSO ADDED TO DEFINE A MOBILE FOOD FACILITY EVENT AND TO OUTLINE THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENT. IN THE AUGUST MEMO AND SEPTEMBER PRESENTATION, STAFF ORIGINALLY CONTEMPLATED CREATING A NEW OCCASIONAL EVENT PERMIT WITHOUT THE ENTERTAINMENT REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW SHORT-TERM TEMPORARY EVENTS WITH FOOD TRUCKS ON PRIVATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THE UPDATED APPROACH YOU SEE TO NOW TO THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT NOW CREATES A DEDICATED MOBILE FOOD FACILITY EVENT CATEGORY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS. THIS EVENT CATEGORY ALLOWS EVENTS FOR UP TO THREE CONSECUTIVE DAYS WITH AT LEAST 15 CALENDAR DAYS BETWEEN EVENTS AND IT MIRRORS THE STRUCTURE REQUIREMENT AND PROCESS OF APPROVAL OF THE EXISTING OCCASIONAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS FOR LONGER TERM USE OF FOOD TRUCKS ON PRIVATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE REGULATIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK. THESE WILL BE FURTHER DETAILED AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTS PRESENTATION ON TITLE 21 IN 22 CHANGES. NEXT ARE A COUPLE CHANGES RELATED TO ENFORCEMENT. THIS WHEN STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE LAST SEPTEMBER, STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF AN EXCESSIVE ENFORCEMENT FINE. AFTER CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND INTERDEPARTMENTAL DISCUSSIONS, STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE ADDITION OF A COST [01:15:01] RECOVERY LANGUAGE. RATHER THAN CREATING A NEW STANDALONE FINE COST RECOVERY TIES, ENFORCEMENT CHARGES DIRECTLY TO THE ACTUAL STAFF. TIME AND RESOURCES REQUIRED TO ADDRESS REPEATED NON-COMPLIANCE IF APPROVED, THE BUSINESS LICENSE DIVISION WILL DEVELOP THE INTERNAL POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT DEFINE WHEN REPEATED NON-COMPLIANCE WOULD TRIGGER COST RECOVERY ACTIONS AND ENSURE OPERATORS ARE CLEARLY INFORMED OF EXPECTATIONS AND POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES. LASTLY, A DEFINITION OF OPERATING HAS BEEN ADDED TO PROVIDE CLARITY ON WHEN MOBILE FOOD FACILITY REQUIREMENTS APPLY. RECOGNIZING THAT THESE VEHICLES FUNCTION AS MOBILE PLACES OF BUSINESS RATHER THAN PERSONAL VEHICLES BECAUSE MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES MAY BE PARKED, STAGED, OR PREPARING FOR SERVICE WHILE STAFF ARE INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE DEFINITION OF OPERATING CLARIFIES THAT AN OPERATOR IS CONSIDERED TO BE OPERATING WHEN PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE FOR BUSINESS RELATED PURPOSES. EVEN IF ACTIVE SALES ARE NOT OCCURRING AT THAT MOMENT, THIS ENSURES CONSISTENT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND MAINTAINS ALIGNMENT WITH EXISTING BUSINESS LICENSE STANDARDS. TO CLOSE OUT THE PRESENTATION, WE WANTED TO LOOK FORWARD AND PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON SOME PLANNING AND DISCUSSION THAT STAFF HAVE HAD ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE WILL BE LED PRIMARILY BY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND PARKS, REC AND MARINE DEPARTMENT, WITH CONTINUED SUPPORT FROM THE BROADER INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORKS, CITY ATTORNEY'S, OFFICE, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, THE CITY'S PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE, AND OTHERS. AS NEEDED, THE TEAM WILL FOCUS ON CONTINUING EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ON THE ADOPTED ORDINANCE, INCLUDING EXPANDING THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES WEBSITE AND DEVELOPING ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS. BUSINESS LICENSE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH OPERATORS TO SUPPORT THEM IN OBTAINING THE NECESSARY PERMITS. STAFF WILL ALSO BEGIN ESTABLISHING THE PARKS PARK LOT PROGRAM, IMPLEMENTING THE, AND ALSO IMPLEMENTING THE DEDICATED LANE ON OCEAN BOULEVARD. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION DEPARTMENT, THE CITY WILL LAUNCH THE NEW GO LONG BEACH REPORTING FEATURE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A CATEGORY FOR REPORTING POTENTIAL MOBILE FOOD FACILITY OPERATING VIOLATIONS. FINALLY, THE TEAM WILL BEGIN PREPARING FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORDINANCE. THIS WILL INCLUDE FOCUSED OUTREACH IN AREAS SUCH AS SHORELINE DRIVE, WHERE MANY FOOD TRUCKS MAY BE OPERATING IN LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT MEET STATE CODE. THE GOAL IS TO BO BOTH SUPPORT OPERATORS AND ESTABLISH CLEAR CONSISTENT RULES SO THAT FOOD TRUCK OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE SAFE, COMPLIANT, SUPPORTED, AND WELL MANAGED. AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PRESENTATION. WE HAVE TARA MORTENSON, OUR BUREAU MANAGER OF BUSINESS SERVICES, AND MO MODI, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH BUREAU OFFICER, AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM HERE TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS. BUT BEFORE I TURN OFF THE MIC, I DID WANNA PASS THE MIC OVER TO TARA BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT HAS JOINED OUR TEAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING IN ANTICIPATION FOR. SO I'M GONNA LET TARA INTRODUCE HER. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, GRACE. AND, UM, MAYOR I, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. AT OUR LAST PRESENTATION, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE WERE BUILDING A MOBILE BUSINESS, UM, UNIT WITHIN THE BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU. AND TONIGHT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE BRIANNA MONTOYA, WHO IS NOW OUR COORDINATOR FOR THE MOBILE BUSINESS PROGRAM. AND SHE'S IN THE AUDIENCE AND VERY NOT WANTING TO STAND UP. GO AHEAD, STAND UP. THIS IS A VERY BIG, UM, ACHIEVEMENT FOR US TONIGHT AND THIS IS THE PERSON WE'LL BE ABLE TO LOOK TO, TO ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS, TO BE THE FACE OF THIS PROGRAM FOR US, FOR THE CITY. THANK YOU, GRACE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION OR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT? NO QUESTIONS. UM, MARY, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, MARY . THANK YOU. MAKE THE MOTION, MAKE HER THE MOTION. UH, MARY THAT AHEAD. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR THIS ROBUST PRESENTATION AND THE HARD WORK JUST TO GET US HERE. I KNOW IT'S TAKEN A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS, A LOT OF STAFF TIME, AND, UM, A LOT OF DEDICATION, UM, TO THIS ITEM. THIS, THIS WAS CERTAINLY A LOT OF INFORMATION AND I KNOW I HAVE WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOU ALL ON SOME OF THE REVISIONS AND SOME OF THE LANGUAGE THAT I SEE IN TODAY'S PRESENTATION. UM, I HAVE MANY NOTES I WANTED TO SHARE ON THIS ITEM. FIRST, REGARDING THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND THE TIME LIMIT PROPOSED, I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH THE TIME [01:20:01] LIMIT IN THE METER STALLS. THE CAP RIGHT NOW IS, UH, FOUR HOURS AND I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS TOO SHORT FOR OPERATORS AND WILL IMPACT PROFITABILITY. MOST BUSINESSES INCLUDING, UM, CITY OPERATE APP, INCLUDING OUR CITY, OPERATES UNDER EIGHT HOUR SHIFTS. SO I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER EXPANDING THAT. UM, REGARDING THE PARK PARKING LOT PROGRAM, I APPRECIATE THE CHANGE VERY MUCH FROM TWO TO FIVE. I THINK THAT GIVES A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, INCLUSIVITY TO BRING MORE FOOD TRUCKS AND, AND PROVIDE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN BE ONLY, UH, HAVING ONE BEACH AREA SEEMS LIKE A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. SO, SO FOR, YOU KNOW, A MISSED OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD DO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN EXPLORE INCREASING IT IN BEACH SITES, UM, THAT SELECTED FOR OPERATING HOURS. I DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALIGN THE CITY'S EXISTING NOISE ORDINANCE HOURS, HOWEVER, IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT OR IN THE AREA, LIKE THE SHORELINE AREA, HOW WILL THESE HOURS BE ALIGNED THERE IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU CAN SHARE WITH ME, PLEASE? CITY STAFF? YES. SO THE OPERATING HOURS, UM, ARE DIFFERENT FOR RESIDENTIAL VERSUS MIXED USE, AND ALSO, UM, FOR, UH, UH, PARKS AND PARKS AREAS AND, AND THEN ALSO BY SCHOOLS. SO IN THE SHORELINE AREA, IT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL, SO IT WOULD BE THE, UM, SEVEN TO 10. THANK YOU. UH, REGARDING MOBILE FA IL FACILITIES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, I DO HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE LIMITING UNNECESSARILY. FOR EXAMPLE, IF I OWNED A GAS STATION AND I WANTED TO HAVE A FOOD TRUCK ON MY PROPERTY, WHY SHOULD I BE LIMITED TO, UM, THAT AMOUNT BE IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? UM, ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS THAT WE HAD A SMALL BUSINESSES IN, IN THE AREA WHERE, UM, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A FULL KITCHEN, SO THEY BRING IN FOOD TRUCKS TO, UH, MAKE FOOD AVAILABLE TO THEIR CUSTOMERS. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE US TO, UH, ALSO EXPLORE AND BE ABLE TO MOVE, UM, TO ALLOWING THEM ON PRI PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR WHAT THE OWNER, UM, FEELS IS, UH, APPROPRIATE. UM, SO I RESPOND AS, AS WE ALL KNOW, AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF DISTRICT ONE, I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OUR DISTRICT IS THE MOST IMPACTED BY FOOD TRUCKS. I AM TRULY SEEKING A BALANCE BETWEEN PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOOD TRUCK OWNERS TO THRIVE WHILE AT THE SAME TIME UPLIFTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT TODAY, UM, WE CAN TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, WITH CITY STAFF, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECTION, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THAT. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS FOR RIGHT NOW, AND I LIKE TO HEAR FROM MY COLLEAGUES AND HOPE THAT I GET THEIR SUPPORT ON THIS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DOES MOTION, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN. UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU GRACE, UH, FOR THAT, UH, PRESENTATION AND, UH, FOR ALL THE THOUGHTFUL WORK THAT HAS GONE AND INTO GETTING US WHERE WE'RE AT. AND ALSO NICE TO MEET YOU BRIANNA. UH, WELCOME TO THE TEAM. UM, SO, UH, I THINK IT'S CLEAR THAT COMMUNITY VOICES FROM THE FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS TO RESIDENTS TO BUSINESSES, UM, WERE INCLUDED IN SHAPING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND IT'S CLEAR, UM, BY YOUR REPORT. UM, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MODERNIZING AND CONSOLIDATES ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS INTO ONE ORDINANCE. UM, I THINK THIS HELPS REPLACE ALL THE PATCHWORK, UM, OF OVERLAPPING REGULATIONS, UM, THAT HAS CREATED JUST A LOT OF, UH, CONFUSION, UM, IN THE PAST. UH, REQUIRING A LONG BEACH BUSINESS LICENSE, I THINK IS A ABSOLUTELY STRONG STEP FORWARD. IT RESTORES A LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT, UM, THAT IS, I THAT WILL BE IMPORTANT AS, UH, THIS PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GROW CITYWIDE. UM, AND WE KNOW THAT THE SHORELINE, UM, HAS, UH, BECOME INCREASINGLY ACTIVE, UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE COV. AND [01:25:01] THIS ORDINANCE GIVES US A CHANCE TO BE MORE, UH, INTENTIONAL HOW THOSE SPACES ARE USED. UM, I KNOW I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE. I WENT DOWN THERE AT THE HOLIDAYS TO, TO GET BY SOME SHOES, AND IT WAS ALL FOOD TRUCKS. YOU COULDN'T EVEN FIND A PARKING SPOT. SO THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND I THINK IT ALLOWS US TO CREATE A BETTER BALANCE, UM, SO FOOD TRUCKS CAN OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY WHILE ALSO KEEPING AREAS ACCESSIBLE AND MANAGEABLE, UH, FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND AS WE EXPAND, UM, WHERE FOOD TRUCKS CAN OPERATE, UM, ESPECIALLY IN PARKS AND ALSO IN, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTIES, UM, IT WILL BE IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE CONSISTENT IN HOW WE ENFORCE THOSE RULES SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT BOTH THE RESIDENTS AND, UM, THE RESPONSIBLE OWNERS. UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, THIS APPROACH, UH, AND IT'S COMPASSIONATE. UM, THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES, UM, THAT BRING CULTURAL VALUE, CREATE JOBS AND SUPPORT FAMILIES, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, UPLIFT THOSE. AND BY BALANCING THE CLEAR RULES WITH REAL OPPORTUNITIES, WE'RE HELPING THOSE ENTREPRENEURS SUCCEED WHILE I KEEP IN OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SAFE AND WELCOMING. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GRACE AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THIS. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TH THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. UM, I WANNA THANK MY COLLEAGUES, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION AND THE SECONDER, UH, FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION. SO THIS ORDINANCE REFLECTS, UH, YEARS OF THOUGHTFUL WORK AND BUILDS ON THE PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY, UH, BEGUN TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS OWNERSHIP IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. UH, WE'VE SEEN MEANINGFUL POLICIES JUST RECENTLY, LIKE OUR SIDEWALK VENDOR ORDINANCE, AND THE, UH, MIKO FOR SHORT, BUT THE MICRO ENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN, UH, ORDINANCE. AND THIS ITEM, I BELIEVE CONTINUES THAT MOMENTUM, UH, OF CREATING MORE STRUCTURED AND ACCESSIBLE PATHWAYS FOR MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES, UH, TO OPERATE LEGALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY WITHIN OUR CITY. UM, I WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UH, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT, GRACE, UH, LOTS OF COLLABORATION ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND TRYING TO STREAMLINE, UH, SO MANY OF THE ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE FOR A VARIETY OF ITEMS THAT ARE PRETTY SIMILAR. UM, AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT THOUGHTFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO BALANCING THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY WITH HEALTH, SAFETY AND COMPATIBILITY WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO, WITH THAT SAID, I DO HAVE, I, I THINK I'M GONNA LIMIT IT TO ONE QUESTION, TWO QUESTIONS, AND ONE COMMENT. SO FIRST, UM, I, THE COMMENT IS, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I THINK MY, MY COLLEAGUE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THE INITIAL PARK LOCATIONS AND DESIGNATED, UH, VENDING AREAS ARE. UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SPACE AND TIME TO EXPAND THOSE. UM, SO BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY OR WHERE VENDORS ARE ALREADY VENDING, UM, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE ALSO SANCTIONED BY THE CITY AND GOVERNED BY THE SAME SET OF RULES ACCORDINGLY. THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS ALSO RELATED TO WHAT I HEARD COUNCILWOMAN AND DEJAS TALK ABOUT. AND THAT IS, UM, LIMITING THE NUMBER OF CONSECUTIVE DAYS, UM, THAT MOBILE FOOD FACILIT EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES CAN TAKE PLACE. UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO ACTIVATE SOME COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF, YOU KNOW, THREE DAYS, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HAVING A 15 DAY GAP, UM, IN PLACES WHERE WE WANNA SEE ACTIVATION, IF WE MIGHT, UH, BE ABLE TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVES, UM, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S APPETITE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR, UH, MORE ENGAGEMENT OF FOOD TRUCKS. ACCORDINGLY. AND I TOO, UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPACES WITHIN OUR DISTRICT THAT ARE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WHERE WE SEE FOOD TRUCKS EVERY SINGLE DAY AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO OPERATE ACCORDINGLY. ANY COMMENTS TO THAT GRACE? YES, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UM, IN TERMS OF LOCATION OF WHERE FOOD TRUCKS CAN BE, UH, OUR PRESENTATION TODAY AND THEN ALSO THE NEXT PRESENTATION BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TALKS ABOUT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WHERE PUBLIC, WHERE FOOD TRUCKS CAN BE AS WELL AS PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND SO, UM, IT DOESN'T REALLY LIMIT AND SAY, YOU CAN'T BE HERE, YOU CAN'T BE ON THIS STREET, YOU CAN BE ON THIS STREET. IT DOESN'T SPECIFICALLY ARTICULATE PARTICULAR STREETS, BUT IT JUST SETS UP A SET OF REGULATIONS AROUND SAFETY PARAMETERS THAT AS LONG AS THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS, AND ALSO PARKING ON, UM, ACTUAL PARKING SPOTS, NOT IN THE RED ZONE OR BREAKING TRAFFIC LAWS, UM, THEY COULD BE THERE. THEY'RE ALSO RESPONSIBLE OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL STATE REQUIREMENTS. SO THE STATE ALSO HAS REQUIREMENTS ON MOBILE FOOD [01:30:01] VENDING THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S REGULATION AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S CONTROL. SO THAT IS ALSO, UM, PART OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITY OF DOING BUSINESS. UM, IN THE PRIVATE, UH, PROPERTY, AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TALK ABOUT HOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS. ONE IS THE ALER ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE REGULATION PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN SET UP AN AGREEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITH A PROPERTY OWNER TO BE THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS LONG TERM. AND WE'RE CREATING THAT PATHWAY FOR THEM THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T EXIST TODAY. UM, AND THEN WHAT YOU MENTIONED, THE THREE, THREE DAYS, EVERY 15 DAYS IS THE, THE NEW CATEGORY THAT WE CREATED FOR SPECIAL EVENTS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO IF A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER WANTED TO ACTIVATE A FOOD TRUCK RALLY, UM, THIS IS ONE WAY THAT THEY COULD DO IT ON PUBLIC, UM, LAND OR ON, UH, OUR, WE WOULD WORK WITH OUR SPECIAL EVENTS OFFICE AND OUR TYPICAL SPECIAL EVENTS PROCESS. UM, BUT FOR NOT SPECIAL EVENTS, FOOD TRUCKS ARE MOBILE, SO THEY CAN REALLY GO ANYWHERE IN THE CITY, UM, AS LONG AS, AGAIN, THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS STATE LAW. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN MY LAST, UH, QUESTION. UM, I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE STAFFING, UH, SUPPORT TO SUPPORT THIS AREA. UH, WELCOME TO THE TEAM, BRIANNA. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A ONE STOP, UH, PROCESS FOR, UM, OUR OPERATORS SO THAT THEY ARE NOT NAVIGATING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND STRATEGY SEPARATELY. UM, SO THAT IS BOTH A QUESTION AND A COMMENT AND DIRECTION THAT I'M HOPING THE CITY WILL TAKE TO MAKE THIS AN EASY PROCESS FOR OUR VENDORS. SO THERE STILL WILL BE, UM, A COUPLE OF STOPS. IT WON'T BE QUITE ONE STOP, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY FUNNELING EVERYTHING AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. UM, BRIANNA WILL BE THE COORDINATOR AND SHE'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE TO OPERATORS. UH, THERE STILL IS THE REQUIREMENT TO GET A CITY HEALTH PERMIT, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN GETTING A, UM, A BUSINESS LICENSE. AND SO THAT'S STILL TWO, BUT IT IS JUST TWO OF US. UM, AND THEN IF THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING, UM, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE ALER COMES IN, UM, THAT REALLY DOES GO WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL STUFF THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THERE. BUT THE, THE KEY HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION AND THE EDUCATION IS AVAILABLE SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR. AND SO HAVING THAT ONE POINT PERSON SO THAT ANY OF THE QUESTIONS, WHETHER IT'S FROM ANY OF YOUR OFFICES OR FROM THE OPERATORS OR FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR FROM THE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE CAN FUNNEL THEIR QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO BRIANNA. THANK YOU. AND ONE THING TO ADD TO THAT, UM, WE DID SET UP A MOBILE FOOD FACILITY WEBSITE WHEN WE FIRST CAME OUT WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE MEMO IN PRESENTATION. UM, AND WE'LL BE FLESHING THAT OUT TO BE MUCH MORE ROBUST ONCE THIS ORDINANCE IS ADOPTED TO INCLUDE THE ORDINANCE ON THERE, ALL OF THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DIFFERENT, UM, DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU WOULD NEED TO ENGAGE WITH AS AN OPERATOR. AND ALL OF THE, UH, LIKE TIPS ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU CAN GO AND VISUALS WILL BE WORKING ON CREATING THOSE AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. YES, THANK YOU, GRACE. UH, AND ALL THE CITY STAFF WHO WORK ON THIS, UH, YOU'VE GOTTEN SOME REALLY ROBUST ITEM, INCLUDING THE SIDEWALK VENDING ORDINANCE, SO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE, UM, THE WAYS THAT WE'RE PROVIDING GUIDANCE AS WELL AS SAFETY FOR, UM, CONSUMERS WHO CONSUME THE FOOD. AND I APPRECIATE THAT OUR EFFORT TO MODERNIZE OUR, OUR PROCESS TO REGULATING FOOD FACILITIES IN GENERAL. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY A RESPONSE TO THE WAY THAT FOOD ECO ECONOMY HAS EVOLVED AND HOW MUCH OF A FOOD SCENE LONG BEACH HAS BECOME. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF THAT. AND I ALSO JUST WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT THAT AS FAR AS HAVING GUIDANCE AND REGULATIONS, SO THAT SMALL BUSINESS, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PATHWAY, UM, PARTICULARLY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY, LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO NEED SOMETHING TO START OUT WITH WITHOUT A LOT OF CAPITAL TO INVEST IN OUTSIDE OF THE TRADITIONAL, HOPEFULLY ONE DAY TO BECOME A BRICK AND MORTAR. SO I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN EXPAND, UM, PATHWAYS FOR ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND REDUCING THE BARRIERS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN A CITY AS DIVERSE AND CREATIVE AS LONG BEACH. UM, WITH THAT SAID, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION, AND I HAVE, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THIS BY RIGHT NATURE OF SOME OF THESE APPROVAL, UM, SO WHEN SOMETHING CAN BE APPROVED WITHOUT A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, I'M JUST A LITTLE WORRIED WE'RE REMOVING A COMMUNITY INPUT LAYER, UH, AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THE RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS NEARBY ARE, UM, AWARE OR GIVEN NOTICE, UM, GIVEN THAT THEY MAY EXPERIENCE SOME IMPACT, UM, AND, AND [01:35:01] MAY NOT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN? YEAH, DEFINITELY. UM, UH, WE HAVE MARIANNE HERE WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD TALK ABOUT THAT THE BUY RIGHT PORTION OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND THAT'S THE PROCESS. UM, WE MENTIONED WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE REGULATION. UM, AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY INTENTIONAL TO HAVE IT BE A PROCESS THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE, TRADING THAT OFF WITH THE HEARINGS. AND, AND MARYANNE COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SO FOR OUR ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE REVIEW PERMIT, IT'S BY, RIGHT, BUT THERE ARE A SERIES OF OPERATING STANDARDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT EACH APPLICANT OR PROPERTY OWNER THAT WANTS TO SECURE A FOOD TRUCK OR A A MOBILE FOOD FACILITY TO OPERATE ON THEIR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE. THE OTHER THING IS COST TIME, AND, UM, TO DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT OR A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TAKES MONTHS, IF NOT, CAN TAKE YEARS DEPENDING ON THE PROCESS. AND OPENING THINGS UP FOR, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES CAN BE QUITE CONTENTIOUS AND COULD CREATE SOME ANIMOSITY. BUT ANOTHER THING IS IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE, SO IT WOULD MAKE THIS, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, NOT ACCESSIBLE TO MOST, UH, MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES. SO WE MADE THE CHOICE TO PUT NUMEROUS OPERATING CONDITIONS TO SHOW THE COMMITMENT TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET OUT OF A HEARING PROCESS. YOU GET LOTS OF CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, THOSE ARE ALREADY APPLIED AT THE BEGINNING. UM, SO IT WOULD MIRROR THE OUTCOME OF THOSE REGULATIONS THAT ARE ON AN ONGOING BASIS FOR COMPLIANCE. UH, BUT IT DOES ELIMINATE SOME OF THOSE HOOPS THAT OPERATORS WOULD HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH AS WELL AS THOSE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. OH, OH, I WAS JUST GONNA ADD ONE THING. UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE, UH, PERMIT, WHICH HAS CONDITIONS, OKAY. THEN WHEN WE GET TO ENFORCEMENT, UM, THOSE CONDITIONS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO CHECK COMPLIANCE AND THE ENFORCEMENT ARM OF THE COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO, UM, ISSUE CITATIONS, WHETHER ADMINISTRATIVE ADMIN, UM, UH, OR MISDEMEANOR CITATIONS. AND WE DON'T HAVE THE LIMITATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR SIDEWALK BENDING ON FOOD TRUCKS. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS STILL THE ABILITY TO DO, UM, UH, ROBUST ENFORCEMENT. THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNEW THERE WASN'T, UM, THAT, THAT IT'S FRONT END ON THE BEGINNING PORTION AROUND THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UM, AS FAR AS, AND THEN THERE IS, UH, IT'S STILL GONNA BE REGULATED AS WELL. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT FOR ANYONE WHO MIGHT THINK THAT IT'S EASIER TO DO IT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY VERSUS, UH, PUBLIC SPACE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CUSTOMER. HI THERE. UH, THANKS GRACE FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, I'M REALLY GLAD WE BROUGHT THIS POLICY FORWARD. I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT, UM, BUT I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THIS EFFORT BECAUSE WE LARGELY FALL UNDER COUNTY REGULATION. SO THIS GIVES US MORE LOCAL CONTROL OVER HOW FOOD TRUCKS ARE OPERATING IN LONG BEACH. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO SET CLEAR EXPECTATIONS AND ACTUALLY MANAGE HOW FOOD TRUCKS OPERATE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT I THINK THIS WILL HAVE FAR LESS IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITIES THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN WITH SIDEWALK VENDORS. SO, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WITH FOOD TRUCKS, THERE'S IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION LIKE BUSINESS LICENSES, UH, LICENSE PLATES. THIS MAKES REGULATION AND ACCOUNTABILITY FAR MORE REALISTIC. MY MAIN QUESTION IS AROUND ENFORCEMENT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT. UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT FOOD TRUCKS NEED TO BE WITHIN 200 FEET OF A WORKING RESTROOM TODAY. WE'RE CLEARLY SAYING THAT THAT DOES NOT ALIGN WHAT IS WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING. SO WE'VE SEEN FOOD TRUCKS OPERATE ON SECOND STREET WITHOUT A PUBLIC RESTROOM NEARBY AND OPERATING LATE AT NIGHT, SOMETIMES UNTIL 2:00 AM THIS IS ALL OUTSIDE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO IF WE'RE GONNA ADOPT THESE RULES, WE NEED TO BE CLEAR ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO UPHOLD THEM. SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH HOW ENFORCEMENT WILL ACTUALLY WORK IN PRACTICE? YEAH, CERTAINLY. UM, I CAN START AND THEN IF TARA AND, UH, MO WANT TO JUMP IN AS THEY WILL BE DOING THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE FROM BUSINESS LICENSE PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REGULATING THE, THE STATE CODE PERSPECTIVE. UH, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MENTIONED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SLIDE IS THAT WE WILL, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH [01:40:01] TI TO IMPLEMENT A NEW, UM, FIELD IN THE GO LONG BEACH APP. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A GO LONG BEACH APP, UH, SECTION THAT'S JUST FOR FIELD FIELD, UH, FOOD TRUCKS. AND SO PEOPLE, A LOT OF, UM, WHAT WE WILL BE DOING IS SIMILAR, IN SIMILAR TO SIDEWALK VENDING, IN THAT IT WILL BE GETTING DATA FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT'S GONNA BE A COLLECTIVE EFFORT IN TERMS OF, UM, BEING DRIVEN BY COMPLAINTS. AND ALSO THIS IS HOW WE GET OUR INFORMATION AND AWARENESS OF WHERE VIOLATIONS MIGHT BE TAKING PLACE AS WE, WE WON'T REALLY HAVE PEOPLE, UM, OR INSPECTORS SCOPING THE ENTIRE CITY OR GOING ON A ROUTE SIMILAR TO STREET SWEEPING OR THINGS LIKE THAT. ALTHOUGH, IN CERTAIN CASES, UM, THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE IF THERE'S A, A CERTAIN AREA THAT IS, UM, BEING HIGHLIGHTED AS BEING A PROBLEMATIC AREA, THAT THERE MIGHT BE MORE FOCUS IN THAT AREA. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE GO LONG BEACH APP UP AND HAVE THAT PROCESS COME IN. AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, WE HAVE OUR TEAM, OUR MOBILE BUSINESS TEAM THAT IS NOT JUST FACILITATING THE PERMITTING SIDE OF THINGS AND THE EDUCATION SIDE OF THINGS, BUT HELPING COORDINATE THE, IN THE ENFORCEMENT ARM WITHIN THE CITY THAT DOES RUN ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. SO YOU'LL HAVE BUSINESS LICENSE, UM, THAT CAN ISSUE CITATIONS, UH, WITH VIOLATIONS OF THE ORDINANCE, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT CAN ISSUE, UM, CEASE AND DESIST AND NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS AS IT RE AS IT RELATES TO HEALTH. BUT WE CAN ALSO NOTIFY EACH OTHER IN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE STARTED DOING ALREADY AND BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PARKING CITATIONS. SO JUST IF THERE'S A FOOD TRUCK THAT'S IN FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT OR BLOCKING OR IN A RED ZONE OR BLOCKING, UM, A DRIVEWAY OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE CAN, UM, COORDINATE THOSE VARIOUS MULTI-PRONGED APPROACHES IN GETTING THE, GETTING THE ENFORCEMENT ACTION OUT. AND WE FOUND THAT WITH FOOD TRUCKS, AGAIN, DIFFERENT FROM SIDEWALK FENDING, THERE'S MORE, UM, ACTION THAT OPERATORS SEE AND ACCOUNTABILITY THAT EXISTS THERE. AND SO THERE IS A, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY A SNOWBALL EFFECT WHERE AS, AS YOU START ENFORCEMENT, UM, THAT CAN SPREAD THE WORD AND HELP CREATE AWARENESS OF REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING, UM, UPKEPT. THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO HEAR. SO AN EMAIL, A PHONE CALL, OR A GO LONG BEACH, UM, COMPLAINT FROM A RESIDENT WILL TRIGGER ENFORCEMENT. EXACTLY. AND SO, UM, WE'LL STILL BE COMPLAINT BASED. UH, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IF STAFF IS OUT DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAS INSPECTIONS IN ONE AREA, IF THEY HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY A FOOD TRUCK WHO'S, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT APPROPRIATELY OPERATING THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO STOP FOR THAT ONE. SO, UM, THERE WILL BE SOME PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL. BUT, UM, MOST OF IT WILL BE ON, UH, A COMPLAINT BASED PROCESS. WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF DATA THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO COLLECT AND HEAT MAPS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT WILL BE ABLE TO GENERATE OVERTIME ASSOCIATED WITH THAT. WE ARE, UM, SPECIFICALLY RECRUITING A TEAM THAT WILL BE, UM, ON AN ALTERNATE WORK SCHEDULE, SO THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE, UM, THE HOURS OF THE DAY THAT YOU'RE, UM, YOU'RE REFERENCING AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THERE. UM, RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN DIFFICULT, AND SO WE HAVEN'T, UM, GOTTEN TO THE, UH, THE PLACE OF HAVING THAT, BUT WE WILL, UM, AND BRIANNA HAS, UM, HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. AND SO WE ALREADY HAVE AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS, UM, SPECIFICALLY THAT'S GONNA HAVE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH. SO A LOT OF IT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE, UM, THE OPERATORS ARE AWARE AND THEY HAVE ALL THE, THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, THE GOOD MATERIALS AS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, UM, WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, UH, QUESTION. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THAT. AND THEN ON THE DAY THE ORDINANCE COMES INTO EFFECT, WE WILL HAVE ENFORCEMENT ON, YOU KNOW, THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY ENFORCEMENT WILL BE HAPPENING. SO I THINK WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS IT'LL BE DIFFERENT THAN WITH THE SIDEWALK BENDING PROGRAM WHERE WE HAD THAT, THAT PERIOD THAT WE WERE WAITING, UM, THROUGH GRACE'S LEADERSHIP, WE'VE BEEN USING THIS ENTIRE TIME TO DO THE EDUCATION FOR OPERATORS. AND ONCE WE HAVE THE FIRST READING OVER, WE'LL KNOW THIS IS THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THAT EDUCATION AND HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, FIELD VISITS, SITE VISITS, DEFINITELY TARGETING PROBLEM AREAS NOW, BUT WE'LL BE WORKING ON THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING AS WELL. I KNOW THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A LONG ANSWER, BUT I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS AND I REALLY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU FEEL THAT WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING THERE, WE'RE GETTING TO ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ASKING US, UM, TO DO FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. I DO KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK PUT INTO THIS. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I ASK, I'VE ASKED ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS IS WHAT ABOUT THAT ENFORCEMENT AT 2:00 AM I KNOW THAT'S DIFFICULT, BUT THAT'S WHEN, UM, IT [01:45:01] CAUSES MORE PROBLEMS, QUITE FRANKLY, IN BIDS AND THAT'S, IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND ENFORCEMENT NEEDS TO BE MADE. SO WE HAVE COLLABORATION, UM, WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO, UM, COMMITMENTS IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME WHEN WE'RE WAITING FOR, UM, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE, UH, ALL OF OUR STAFF OFF, UM, PROBATION AND READY TO BE ABLE TO GO IN THE FIELD. IT'S KIND OF A LONG PROCESS AND WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE SAFE. UM, SO JUNIE AND I HAVE COMMITTED, UM, TO BE THE ONES TO, UM, IN THE MEANTIME, UH, TARGET THE EXTREME PROBLEM AREAS. AND SO MA'AM, I HAVE BEEN ON SECOND STREET AT 1230, UM, AND HAVE BEEN THERE AND HAVE SPOKEN TO YOUR FOOD TRUCKS AND HAVE SPOKEN TO YOUR SIDEWALK VENDORS, UM, AT, DURING THOSE LATE NIGHT HOURS. AND FOR THE MEANTIME, YOU MIGHT SEE ME IN MY, UM, MY LONG BEACH HAT OUT THERE. I DO APPRECIATE THAT. TO CARE OF IT FOR YOU. APPRECIATE THAT AND KNOW THE WORK THAT YOU DO EXTENSIVELY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ONE MORE QUESTION. UM, I THINK THIS IS FOR GRACE. CAN YOU LOOK AT THE GRANADA LOT? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF THIS LOCATION ACTUALLY MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE 200 FEET. THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW WE CAN DO GRANADA. YES, WE CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, IF WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL THESE RULES IN PLACE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ENFORCE AND GET IT. WE WANNA SUPPORT, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE RULES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR, AND THANK YOU TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES FOR YOUR COMMENTS, UM, AND YOUR QUESTIONS. VERY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS. UM, FROM THIS PRESENTATION AND THIS CONVERSATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, I CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT WE ARE INDEED GETTING THERE, BUT, UH, BUT NOT FULLY THERE YET ON THESE REGULATIONS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS, TIME LIMIT PROPOSED IN METER STALLS, ALIGNING WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND ENTERTAINMENT AREAS AND REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS ENFORCEMENT AND HOW TO ROLL THAT OUT. THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY MOTION TO SEE THESE FLESHED OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WOULD LIKE TO MOTION THAT STAFF GO BACK AND ADDRESS THESE AND RETURN WITH UPDATES. SO, THANK YOU EVERYONE. IS THE, UH, AMENDMENT OKAY WITH A SECONDER THAT'S APPROVED? OKAY. SO CAN WE SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION KIND OF OUTLINING THOSE AREAS THAT YOU WANT US TO GO TO? WE HEARD SOME MORE QUESTIONS, SOME MORE COMMENTS. UM, WE REALLY WANNA BUILD A MOTION HERE SINCE WE'RE CREATING AN ACTUAL ORDINANCE, UH, AND WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON WHAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT. COUNCILWOMAN, CAN YOU GET YOUR MIC FOR ME? THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, WITH THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND TIME LIMIT PROPOSED ON THE STALLS IS FOUR HOURS. I WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS PLUS, UM, ON THE, ESPECIALLY THE, THE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS. CAN WE ALSO EXPLORE THAT TO ALIGN THE IT WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE AROUND THE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS AND THE REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS, UM, FLESH OUT THE ENFORCEMENTS, UM, THAT WE WILL BE USING RIGHT NOW? THE ANSWER? YEAH. SO LET ME JUST, UM, GO OVER. SO SOME OF THE, THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS IS FOR METERED PARKING. WE DID ADD A BENEFIT, UM, FOR FOOD TRUCKS OWNERS, IF YOU HAVE THE PERMITS THAT YOU CAN DOUBLE THE METER. SO PART OF THAT WAS TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE BETWEEN A PUBLIC PARKING SPOT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS THAT ARE FLOWING AND GOING INTO AN AREA AND NOT NECESSARILY LETTING, LIKE ONE MOBILE BUSINESS MONOPOLIZE THOSE PARKING AREAS. SO I'M JUST WANTING TO CLARIFY THAT THAT WAS FOR METER PARKING. IF IT'S, IF IT DOESN'T HAVE RESTRICTIONS, THEN FOOD TRUCKS CAN DEFINITELY BE PARKED THERE. UM, ACCORDING TO THE RULES, IF IT'S METERED PARKINGS, WE DO SAY YOU COULD DOUBLE THE SPOT THERE TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME, BUT IT IS CAPPED AT FOUR HOURS. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU ARE WANTING TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY ALLOWING FOR THE FOOD TRUCK TO BE THERE UP TO EIGHT HOURS. SO LET'S SAY IT WAS A TWO HOUR METERED, THIS WOULD BE LIKE UP TO EIGHT HOURS, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. I WOULD LIKE US TO EXPLORE THAT. AND JUST, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT WOULD BE A POLICY CONSIDERATION, CORRECT? CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU. THIS WOULD BE A BENEFIT OF [01:50:01] HOW WE WOULD WANT, WHAT, HOW WE WOULD WANNA UTILIZE THE PUBLIC SPACES THAT WE HAVE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE YOU MENTIONED WAS THE OPERATING HOURS TO ALIGN WITH ENTERTAINMENT. SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE OPERATING ALLOW HOURS, UM, ALIGNED WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE. SO STOPPING AT 10:00 PM UM, WE, WE DO, WE DO HAVE THAT A LITTLE BIT STRICTER AT 10. WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE BARS AND OTHER PLACES THAT ARE OPEN TILL LIKE 2:00 AM MM-HMM . OR THINGS LIKE THAT. PARTLY BECAUSE, UM, WITH THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITY BEING A OUTSIDE BUSINESS, THERE IS A LOT MORE NOISE POLLUTION OR OTHER THINGS THAT WOULD AFFECT THE AREA THAN IF YOU WERE INSIDE OF A BRICK AND MORTAR. UM, BUT THAT, SO THAT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE REASONING WHY STAFF WAS LIMITING IT TO ALIGN WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE AND ALSO TO HELP WITH THE ENFORCEMENT SIDE AGAIN. OH. BUT, UH, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE, THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO IF THAT, AGAIN, IS A, AS A POLICY DIRECTION. SO IS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUST THE, UH, MIXED OR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL AREAS, THE OPERATING HOURS? NO, IT'S MORE FOCUSED ON THE ENTERTAINMENT AREAS. ENTERTAINMENT. SO, SO AS WE'RE UNDERSTANDING, IF, IF THE ORDINANCE SAYS NOW AT 10, YOU'RE ASKING US FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT LIKE DOWNTOWN, DOES THAT HAVE A, DOES THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT TIME FOR NOISE, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THAT WOULD GO UP TO 11 OR 12, OR IS THERE A TIME, OR YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK? I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO EXPLORE THAT AND COME BACK, PLEASE. OKAY. SO FOR THE DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT ONLY LOOK AT EXPANDING THE HOURS FOR THE, FOR TO BE ABLE TO DO NOISE. YES. UNDERSTOOD. THAT'LL BE PART OF THE MOTION. NO, NO, HE'S NOT GONNA PUSH BACK. OKAY. AND THEN LAST, I THINK, UM, FOR THE REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WERE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE, UM, COULD YOU JUST CLARIFY, WERE YOU LOOKING FOR MORE OPERATING REGULATIONS OR LESS OPERATING REGULATIONS FOR THE, UH, THE PARAMETERS THAT WE PUT ON FOOD TRUCKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE, UM, COLLABORATING WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS, UM, OF, OF THOSE PRIVATE PROPERTIES, MAYBE REACHING OUT TO THEM AND SEEING WHAT, WHAT WOULD WORK FOR THEM. GOT IT. IN TERMS, YOU'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT OPERATING HOURS? YES. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE MAKER OF A MOTION FOR A FRIENDLY TO INCLUDE, UH, CLARIFYING GRANADA LOT IN, IN THIS, UH, ORDINANCE. ACCEPT IT. AND AS WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IS TO RECTIFY THE, THE CONFLICT WITH STATE BETWEEN THE 200 AND THE 500 FOOT AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S OTHER AREAS AROUND IN GRANADA THAT IT CAN OR CANNOT, UH, FUNCTION. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. 200 FEET FROM A RESTROOM AND 500 FEET FROM A CONCESSION STAND. CORRECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, OKAY. UH, NO MORE SPEAKERS. I JUST WANNA SAY PERSONALLY THAT I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE, UH, THE, UH, ADDITIONAL VER VERBIAGE THAT'S MADE INTO HIS ORDINANCE IS, UH, MUCH MORE INCLUSIVE THAN IT WAS PREVIOUSLY. AND IT'S A VERY, IT IS A VERY POSITIVE MOVEMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING HERE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU THAT STEP FOR THAT. AND THANK FOR THE QUESTIONS AND, UH, THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS A ADDRESS. UH, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, UH, MARTY PILLA AND KUMAR PRASAD. CAN WE GET MARTY FIRST? IT'S ME. THANK YOU. HI, MARY. UM, SO I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED. I'M JUST KIND OF SPEAKING OFF THE CUFF, BUT, UM, I LOVE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS, EXCUSE ME. AND I LOVE THE, THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE DONE. I DO HAVE ONE AREA OF CONCERN, AND I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T AGREE WITH YOU, MS. MARY. SO, UM, I AM THE NEW GM OF PF CHANG'S AT THE PIKE. AND I KNOW PF CHANG'S ISN'T NEW, BUT I'M NEW AND I'M NEW TO THE FOOD TRUCK INDUSTRY, SO I CARE FOR ALL OF YOU GUYS. I, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH YOU GUYS, I RESPECT YOU. HOWEVER, THE TRUCKS THAT ARE THERE, THEIR SPACES ARE SAVED WITH CARS, WITH HANDICAP, PLACARDS, OVERNIGHT. THOSE SPOTS THAT ARE METERED ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR MY GUESTS WHEN THEY CAN'T, WHEN THEY DON'T WANNA GO TO VALET, WHEN THEY DON'T WANNA PARK IN THE, THE STRUCTURE AT THE PIKE. THOSE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PEOP FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE PAYING MONEY TO VISIT THIS LOCATION. [01:55:02] AND I WANT EVERYONE TO THRIVE. I WANT EVERYONE TO HAVE AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY. BUT THE PEOPLE INSIDE MY BRICK AND MORTAR THAT ARE WORKING, THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK TOO TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES. AND WHEN ALL OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS ARE, ARE TAKEN UP, IT TAKES AWAY FROM THEIR INCOME TOO. SO I, I SUPPORT EVERYONE HERE, BUT WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT US. I PAY A LOT OF RENT AND I EMPLOY A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THEY DESERVE TO HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY AS THE FOOD TRUCKS AS WELL. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAVING THOSE SPOTS WITH INAPPROPRIATE DIS DISABILITY, HANDICAP, PLACARDS, AND THEN PULLING A TRUCK IN, AND THEN THAT, THAT TRUCK PULLS OUT. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S FOR. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE METER PARKING WAS PUT THERE FOR. IT WAS PUT THERE SO GUESTS COULD SHOP AND EAT AND VISIT THE BEACH. SO I JUST THINK IT'S REALLY UNFAIR THAT MY GUESTS DON'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT WHEN THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK ON THE PIKE SIDE, THEY CAN'T EVEN SEE MY RESTAURANT BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY POPUP TENTS AND EVERYTHING. AND THEN WHEN THEY, WHEN WHEN THEY GO HOME AT NIGHT, THEY TAKE THEIR TENTS AND THEY CHAIN THEM TO THE, TO THE METERS. SO EVEN IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PULL IN, SAY THAT'S PARKING SPOT WAS AVAILABLE, EVEN IF THEY WANTED TO PULL IN, THEY CAN'T USE THE METER BECAUSE THERE'S A CHAIN AND A TENT WRAPPED AROUND IT AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. IF WE'RE GONNA DO AN OPPORTUNITY, WE SHOULD BE FOR EVERYBODY AND THEY, WE SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CHEAT THE METERS. YOU GUYS ARE LOSING MONEY ON THE METERS THAT YOU INSTALLED. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. AND I CAN'T EVEN SEE MY RESTAURANT. I COULD PUT BRIGHT LIGHTS ON THE TOP OF IT AND YOU STILL CAN'T SEE MY RESTAURANT. IT'S NOT FAIR. I PAY A LOT OF RENT. I PAY A LOT OF RENT TO BE HERE. I PAY A LOT OF EMPLOYEES TO WORK, AND THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE BENEFITS FROM IT. IT'S NOT FAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, GRACE UNION, I'VE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU ON THIS. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE ONGOING CHALLENGES, UH, RELATED TO THE FOOD TRUCK ACTIVITY AROUND THE PIKE OUTLETS. FIRST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT FOOD TRUCKS CAN ADD VIBRANCY AND DIVERSITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, THE CURRENT SITUATION HAS CREATED SEVERAL CONCERNS AND, UM, THAT NEED ATTENTION AND BALANCED SOLUTION. WE ARE, UH, SEEING AN INCREASED, UH, CONGESTION AND SAFETY ISSUES, PARTICULARLY DURING HIGH TRAFFIC EVENTS. FOOD TRUCKS ARE OFTEN CLUSTERED IN ALREADY BUSY STREETS, UM, BUSY AREAS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEDESTRIANS EMERGENCY ACCESS AND NORMAL TRAFFIC FLOW. WITH THE 2000, UH, 2026 GRAND PRIX APPROACHING THIS ISSUE BECOMES EVEN MORE URGENT. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING VENDORS PARKED IN RED ZONES AND SETTING UP, UM, SEATING WITH POP-UP TENTS DIRECTLY ON THE STREET. THIS RAISES A SERIOUS CON CONCERN. IS THIS SAFE TO BE TO BE ON THE STREET WITH CHAIRS AND TABLES AND A PUPPET TENT? I DON'T THINK SO. THESE SETUPS CAN OBSTRUCT VISIBILITY, BLOCK EMERGENCY ROUTES, AND CREATE, UM, TONS OF CONDITIONS FOR BOTH PEDESTRIAN AND DRIVERS DURING AN EVENT THAT WILL BRING HUNDREDS AND OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UM, THAT ARE VISITORS, UH, FOR THE GRAND PRIX. THERE ARE ALSO SANITATION AND CLEANLINESS CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. IN SOME INSTANCES, TRASH, GREASE AND WASTE ARE NOT BEING PROPERLY MANAGED, WHICH IMPACTS THE APPEARANCE OF THE AREAS AND THE OVERALL VISITOR EXPERIENCE. ADDITIONALLY, UH, LOCAL BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES ARE BEING AFFECTED. THESE BUSINESSES OPERATE UNDER STRICT REGULATIONS. THEY PAY FIXED RENT, AS MARTY MENTIONED, AND RELY ON CONSISTENT FOOD TRA FOOT TRAFFIC. WHEN MOBILE VENDORS OPERATE WITHOUT COMPARABLE CONSTRAINTS AND DESIGNATED ZONES, IT CREATES AN UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD. I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING, ESTABLISHING DESIGNATED VENDING ZONES AWAY FROM KEY ENTRY POINTS AND HIGH CONGESTION AREAS, PROHIBITING VENDING IN RED ZONES AND ACTIVE ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY DURING MAJOR EVENTS, IMPLEMENTING CLEAR PERMITTING LIMITS AND ENFORCEMENTS. UM, IF YOU GUYS NEED ANY HELP WITH ENFORCEMENTS, I AM AVAILABLE REQUIRING STRICT WASTE MANAGEMENT STANDARDS WITH ACCOUNTABILITY, ENSURING EQUITABLE PR, UM, OPERATING CONDITIONS BETWEEN MOBILE VENDORS AND THE EXISTING VENDORS. AND THIS IS [02:00:01] NOT ABOUT IMPLE ELIMINATING FOOD TRUCKS. IT IS ABOUT CREATING A STRUCTURED APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS SAFETY, FAIRNESS, AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THIS IMPORTANT AREA IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, MEMBER THAT YOU WERE YOU SAY UP AGAIN? MEMBER DUG. DID I, WHAT? DID YOU SAY UP AGAIN? NO, I DID NOT. SORRY. UH, , DID YOU SET UP AGAIN? YES, BUT YOU IS I THANK YOU. UM, I, UM, FOR SOME REASON I'M STILL HAVING ISSUE WITH MY, SO SOMEONE CAN LOOK AT THIS. I CAN'T, IT WON'T LET ME, UM, UH, QUEUE UP. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I JUST, UM, AS A SECOND OF THE MOTION, I JUST WANT TO, UM, THE, UM, COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS TALKED ABOUT AN EIGHT HOUR. UM, AND SO I JUST, IT, THAT SEEMS REALLY LONG TO ME TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS IN ONE LOCATION FOR THAT LONG. UH, AND, AND DUBLIN OF FOUR SEEMS REASONABLE, BUT, BUT I SUPPORT, UM, LOOKING AT THAT AND COMING BACK AND SEEING, UM, WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WE HAVE. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY, AS A SECONDER OF THE MOTION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBERS THERE. THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT, WANTED TO SEE IF CLASS, UM, IF STAFF COULD PLEASE CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, OUR STATE LAW, IF YOU COULD CONFIRM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD CHALLENGING TIMES AT, AT SHORELINE VILLAGE, UM, SHORELINE DRIVE, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF SHORELINE VILLAGE. UM, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT, UM, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND WHY WE ARE, UM, EXPLORING THIS ORDINANCE AND TO BRING REGULATIONS HERE TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A PATHWAY TO WHERE OUR FOOD TRUCKS CAN THRIVE AND ALSO SUPPORT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. SO, UM, AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE, WE'VE EX WE'RE EXPLORING THAT, BUT IF CITY STAFF CAN PLEASE ELABORATE ON THAT AND THE STATE LAW AND WHAT WE ARE ABLE, WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS ORDINANCE OR NOT. YES, CERTAINLY COUNCIL MEMBER. SO, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE WHOLE INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE REALLY IS TO PROVIDE CLARITY AND A PATHWAY FOR FOOD TRUCKS, MOBILE FOOD FACILITY OPERATORS TO HAVE A VIABLE PATH TO BUSINESS IN A WAY THAT'S CLEAR CLARITY IS KINDNESS FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED, BOTH ON THE PERMITTING SIDE, ENFORCEMENT SIDE, AND ALSO THE OPERATING SIDE. AND SO IT WASN'T CLEAR BEFORE, IT'S CONFUSING. AND THIS IS REALLY INTENDED TO PROVIDE THAT CLARITY SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT ARE THE REGULATIONS AND HOW CAN WE OPERATE AND HOW CAN YOU START A BUSINESS. UM, SO THAT IS WHAT THE ORDINANCE DOES. IT SET THOSE THINGS UP. THERE ARE, AS YOU MENTIONED, REGULATIONS THAT REGULATE FOOD, MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES BEYOND WHAT THE CITY IS COMING UP WITH. AND THAT IS THE STATE. SO THE STATE HAS ITS OWN SET OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS, UM, THROUGH THE HEALTH CODE THAT REGULATE A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT MOBILE FOOD FACILITY OPERATORS ALSO HAVE TO ADHERE TO. ONE OF THOSE THINGS, AS HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TONIGHT, IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU, IF YOU ARE PARKED FOR MORE THAN ONE HOUR, YOU DO NEED TO BE WITHIN 200 FEET OF A PERMANENTLY PLUMBED RESTROOM. UM, AND SO THAT'S JUST, AGAIN, EVEN IF THE CITY DID NOT WANT TO HAVE THAT REGULATION, THAT IS A REGULATION THAT'S ALREADY DETERMINED BY THE STATE. AND SO ONCE THE ORDINANCE IS IN EFFECT AND WE HAVE CLEAR REGULATIONS AND WE DO AND HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO OUR OPERATORS AND THE EDUCATION RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, UM, WE WOULD BE ENFORCING BOTH THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE STATE'S, UH, LAW RELATED TO, UH, MOBILE FOOD VENDING. AND THAT WOULD IMPACT AREAS LIKE SHORELINE DRIVE AS WELL, UM, AS, UH, SOME OF THOSE AREAS WOULD NOT BE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS BY THE STATE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH BUSINESS LICENSE AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO ENFORCE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO CLARIFY EVEN FURTHER, WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO BE, THAT IT'S STATE LAW, THAT THEY HAVE TO BE NEAR PLUMBED RESTROOMS, AND MY RECOLLECTION FROM OUR MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, IT'S NOT JUST THEM PARKING NEXT TO A PLUMB RESTROOM, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS AND PERMISSION TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. IF IT'S A PUBLIC RESTROOM FACILITY, THEN THAT IS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. BUT, UM, IF THEY ARE CLOSE TO A PRIVATE BUILDING WITH A PRIVATE RESTROOM, THAT WOULD NOT COUNT UNLESS THE OPERATOR, UM, AND THIS DOES HAPPEN, AN OPERATOR CAN ARRANGE AND HAVE AN AGREEMENT, A PRIVATE RESTROOM USE [02:05:01] AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS. THEY CAN DO THAT. UM, BUT BARRING THAT, JUST BEING WITHIN THE VICINITY OF A RESTROOM, IF IF IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THEM, THEN THAT WOULD NOT MEET STATE REQUIREMENT. THANK YOU FOR THOSE CLARIFICATIONS, GRACE, AND FOR YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS. THANK YOU. AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM. OKAY. IS THAT ALL? ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? NO. ALRIGHT. LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE. VICE MAYOR. THIS ITEM REQUIRES TWO VOTES. SO IF WE COULD TAKE THE FIRST VOTE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ITEM AND THE SECOND VOTE ON THE DIRECTION OF THE ORDINANCE. YEAH. THEY REQUIRE TWO VOTES, CORRECT? RIGHT. HE THINKS HE WAS SIGNED UP FOR COUNCILWOMAN KERR. OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENT ISSUE. OH, WE TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THE NEXT ITEM. YEAH. SO THIS IS MOTION IS CARRIED. OH YEAH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IS IT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? THERE'S ANOTHER ITEM AGAIN. YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. IF YOU CAN JUST BE PATIENT WITH US. WE'RE HAVING A TECHNICAL ISSUE. I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR A SECOND. [26. 26-54595 Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, review and determine that the proposed Zoning Code Amendment and Local Coastal Program Amendment are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land) and 15311 (Accessory Structures) (CE-25-143); Declare ordinance approving a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA25-002), and adopt the proposed findings related thereto, to amend Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Chapters 21.15, 21.32, 21.33, 21.35, 21.45, 21.51, 21.52, and 21.53 of Title 21 (Zoning) related to the definition of mobile food facilities (i.e. mobile food trucks) and their operation on private property to support proposed changes to Title 5 (Regulations of Businesses, Trades and Professions and Title 8 (Health and Safety) of the LBMC, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading;       Office or Department: Community Development         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] OKAY. NOW IF YOU CAN CAST YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. AYE, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. YES. COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN. COUNCILWOMAN AJA, ARE YOU AN AYE. OKAY. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE DONE WITH, UH, THIS ONE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING NOW TO, UH, A HEARING FOR ITEM 2026. UH, PLEASE READ THE ITEM PLEASE. YOU READ THE ITEM, PLEASE, PLEASE READ THE ITEM PLEASE. ITEM 26 IS A REPORT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION INTO THE RECORD, CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING REVIEW AND DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING CODE AMENDMENT AND LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT ARE EXEMPT FROM CQA, DECLARE ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, AND ADOPT THEIR PROPOSED FINDINGS RELATED THERETO TO AMEND LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO THE DEFINITION OF MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES AND THEIR OPERATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. R READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING. DECLARE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTERS 22.15 AND 22.25 OF TITLE 22 RELATED TO THE DEFINITION OF MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES AND THEIR OPERATION ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT TO IMPLEMENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW REGULATIONS FOR MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES AND TO SUBMIT ASSOCIATED MATERIALS AND FINDINGS TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION FOR ITS REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION IN COMPLIANCE WITH A CERTIFIED LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM CITYWIDE. OKAY. THERE'S A PRESENTATION ON THIS, PLEASE PROCEED. YES, SORRY. UM, WE HAVE, UH, OUR PLANNING TEAM HERE. WE HAVE ALEX'S PEN RUIZ AND MARIAN CRONIN. GOOD EVENING. AND I WANNA JUST POINT OUT THAT A LOT OF THIS PRESENTATION TEARS OFF OF GRACE'S PRESENTATION, BUT IS VERY LIMITED TO THE SECTIONS OF THE CODE FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ON PARK. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BEFORE WE GET STARTED. UH, THE CHANGES TO THIS ORDINANCE AS IT RELATES TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE ARE TO CHANGES TO TITLE 21 AND TITLE 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH PERTAIN TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO NONE OF MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL BE DONE ON PUBLIC, UH, RIGHT OF WAY OR THOSE KIND OF ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM. SO ONE OF THE KEY PARTS OF WHAT, UH, GRACE'S TEAM, UH, PRES PRESENTED ON IS THE IMPORTANCE OF USING CORRECT AND CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY. SO THEREFORE, THE, UH, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE CHANGES TO TITLE ONE AND TITLE 22 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS TO USE CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY. SO THEREFORE, ALL REFERENCES TO FOOD TRUCKS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES AS PART OF THIS ORDINANCE. AND [02:10:01] I'LL TALK ABOUT THEM AND REFER TO THEM AS MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES THEREAFTER. AND ONE OF THE IMPORTANT THINGS IS, IS THE DEFINITION YOU SEE AS A MOBILE FOOD FACILITY WAS CARRIED THROUGH THE ENTIRE ZONING REGULATIONS FOR THAT CONSISTENCY, WHICH PREVIOUSLY DIDN'T EXIST. THE ORDINANCE PROPOSAL TIERS OFF OF AND, AND BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT TITLE V AND TITLE EIGHT OF MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT IS VERY MUCH LIMITED TO PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO WHILE THEY ARE, UH, SEPARATE, UM, REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE DID WORK TOGETHER AS AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE CONSISTENT AND COHERENT BETWEEN THEM. AND WHAT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES ARE HOW THE OPERATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN STRUCTURED, INCLUDING THOSE, UH, SPECIFIED PARKS TO ENSURE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY. UH, THAT IS GONNA BE THE CRUX OF WHAT TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND THE SUBSEQUENT SLIDES ARE. SO TITLE 21 IS THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND TITLE 22 ARE THE ZONING, TRANSITIONAL ZONING REGULATIONS FOR SPECIFIED AREAS. AS WE UPDATE THE ZONING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE DO HAVE TWO ZONING CHAPTERS, WHICH ARE TITLE 21 AND TITLE 22. SO THE KEY OF THE DISCUSSION IS, AS I NOTED BEFORE, UH, THE DEFINITIONS OF MOBILE FOOD FACILITY HAVE BEEN UPDATED PREVIOUSLY, THE ONLY MENTION OF, UH, MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES OR FOOD TRUCKS WERE THEY WERE ALLOWED AS TEMPORARY USES AT CONSTRUCTION SITES. SO THEREFORE THEY WERE PROHIBITED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. I THINK THE ENTIRE GROUP THAT, UH, PRESENTED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY AND IS PRESENTING NOW UNDERSTANDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, OPERATIONS OF FOOD TRUCKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TODAY. THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THESE REGULATIONS, WE NEED TO BRING IT INTO THE CURRENT ERA AND THEREFORE, UM, THIS COUNCIL DID ASK FOR, UM, EXPANSION OF MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES ONTO PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND THAT IS WHAT THIS IS BEING RESPONSIVE TO. SO IN ADDITION TO ADDING THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITY DEFINITION THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET AS WELL AS WE, UM, IN ADDITION, AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT THAT REALLY WASN'T TOUCHED ON IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION IS THAT A COMMISSARY IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY MOBILE FOOD FACILITY AND THE CURRENT ZONING CODE DOESN'T, UH, GO INTO WHAT A COMMISSARY IS AND A COMMISSARY CAN WALK AND TALK AS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF A USE. PRESENTLY, WE PERMIT COMMISSARIES IS WHEREVER A RESTAURANT IS ALLOWED. SO THEREFORE, BY PUTTING THOSE PROPER TERMINOLOGY INTO PLACE, IT'S GONNA MAKE IT EASIER FOR NOT ONLY MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES TO LOCATE WITHIN OUR CITY, BUT ALSO COMMISSARIES TO COMPLEMENT THOSE MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES. UH, SO THAT IS ONE COMPONENT THAT WE DID INCLUDE AS PART OF THE ZONING REGULATIONS UPDATES. IN ADDITION, WE ALLOWED MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES TO BE, UH, ALLOWED USE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN ZONES THAT ALLOW RESTAURANTS AS BUY RIGHT PERMITTED USES. SO THEREFORE YOU WON'T SEE THESE USES IN RESIDENTIAL R ONE ZONES OR THINGS THAT ARE, UM, MORE INSTITUTIONAL. YOU'LL SEE THESE MORE IN OUR MIXED USE AREAS AND OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS AS WELL. IN ADDITION, THE PARK SECTION OF THE CODE WAS ADDED TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT GRACE'S PRESENTATION WENT OVER. SPECIFIED, UH, PARKS THAT WERE APPROVED BY THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION AND MARINE WILL PUBLISH A AREA, UM, A LIST OF THOSE ALLOWED PARKS. THE ONE CAVEAT IS THAT WHEN WE DO MAKE CHANGES TO TITLE 21 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT THOSE CHANGES TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION, AND WE LIKE TO BE PRECISE WITH THOSE, UH, CHANGES WHEN IT'S IN THE COASTAL COMMISSION AREAS. SO THEREFORE, YOU WILL SEE IT SPELLED OUT THAT THE GRANADA BEACH PARKING LOT AS WELL AS, UM, DOWN AT THE SHORE LINE THAT, UM, AQUATIC PARK PARKING LOT ARE TWO CALLED OUT USES, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S AS SPECIFIED BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUB OF PARKS, REC AND MARINE. IN ADDITION, AS I NOTED, YOU'LL SEE THAT COMMISSARIES ARE ADDED AS A LAND USE. YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, THERE ARE STANDALONE COMMISSARIES AND ACCESSORY COMMISSARIES. COMMISSARIES WILL BE ALLOWED AS, UM, UM, ACCESSORY WHEREVER A RESTAURANT IS ALLOWED, BUT WHERE THEY'RE STANDALONE AND THEY COULD OPERATE AS A, UM, A GHOST KITCHEN OR MORE OF A CATERING KITCHEN. UH, IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, WE DO REQUIRE ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT, BUT OTHERWISE IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS, THEY'RE GONNA BE ALLOWED BY RIGHT WITH OPERATING STANDARDS. AND IN ADDITION FOR THE COMMISSARIES AND FOR THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES, WE HAVE EXTENSIVE, UM, OPERATING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER ON THE NEXT SLIDES. AND THOSE WERE ALSO REFERRED TO IN GRACE'S PRESENTATION. AND THEN FURTHERMORE, UH, WE DO HAVE CLARIFICATIONS FOR CROSS REFERENCES TO MAKE SURE THOSE CLEANUPS AND SO IT CAN BE ADMINISTERED CORRECTLY. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL ON THE SCREEN, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY IN THE ITEM [02:15:01] BEFORE MINE. UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAND USE REVIEW IS A MINISTERIAL REVIEW. THAT MEANS IT'S ALLOWED BY RIGHT, BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW NUMEROUS OPERATING STANDARDS SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD GET ON CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. UH, THE, THE TEAM HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT MOBILE FOOD FACILITIES OPERATING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY DO NOT BECOME A NUISANCE AND ARE CREATED IN A WAY AND DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT ARE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH ALL CONTEXTS ACROSS THE CITY SINCE WE HAVE SUCH A DIFFERENT, UH, LANDSCAPE ACROSS THE CITY. SO THOSE INCLUDE NON-RESIDENTIAL SITES, UH, MAKING SURE THEY'RE NOT ON HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES, AS WELL AS OPERATING HOURS FALLING WITHIN THE, UM, NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM IDENTIFYING PROPER POWER SOURCES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE CITED AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL USES AS BEST PRACTICES TO COMPLY WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE AS WELL AS AIR QUALITY PERMITS. IN ADDITION, MAKING SURE THAT IF YOU DO OCCUPY A PARKING STALL THAT PEOPLE WON'T ACCIDENTALLY BACK INTO SEATING AREAS, MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER BUFFERS AS WELL AS MAKING SURE AS, UH, YOU HAVE PROPERTY OWNER CONSENT AND, UM, YOU CAN OFFSET PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UH, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THOSE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS. IN ADDITION, WHEN YOU'RE IN PARKS, THE BIG DIFFERENCE, UM, VERY MUCH THERE ARE SIMILAR OPERATING CONDITIONS, BUT YOU CANNOT SET UP THOSE TABLES AND CHAIRS THAT YOU WOULD SEE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT ARE NOT AT PARKS. SO WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING IN A PARK AREA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE PARKING LIMITED IN A PARKING SPACE, AND THAT'S GONNA BE THE IMPACT OF YOUR AREA. THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR OPERATIONS DON'T SPILL OVER INTO THE ADJACENT PUBLIC, UH, OPEN SPACE AREAS. UH, BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN THESE CONDITIONS IS IT VERY MUCH MIRRORS PRIVATE PROPERTY, BUT ALSO IS MORE LIMITED ON PRIVATE, UH, OR ON SPECIFIED PARKS. FURTHERMORE, COMMISSARIES, THIS PROVIDES THE DEFINITION WE USE, BUT IT GATHERS A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES. IT GATHERS THOSE GHOST KITCHENS THAT WE HAVE. UM, SOME FACILITIES, TEACHING FACILITIES, COMMERCIAL FOOD PROCESSING, ALL THOSE USES FALL UNDER A COMMISSARY DEFINITION THAT'S NOW DEFINED. THOSE ACCESSORY COMMISSARY REQUIREMENTS, UM, AREN'T GOING TO BE THAT IT REMAINS A RESTAURANT AND IT'S JUST THE CO-LOCATION OF SOMEBODY USING THAT FOR STORAGE. AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WILL HELP MAKE SURE THAT IS CONSISTENT. UH, FOR STANDALONE COMMISSARIES, WE CAN SEE THAT IF TRUCKS ARE COMING FREQUENTLY OR VENDING CARTS ARE BEING DROPPED OFF, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THE USES AROUND. SO THAT'S WHY IN COMMERCIAL AREAS, WE REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CITED AND OPERATING CONSISTENTLY WITH THE SURROUNDING CONTEXT. BUT WHERE, UM, THEY'RE IN INDUSTRIAL AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE BUFFERED FROM RESIDENTIAL USES, THOSE WOULD BE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT. NONETHELESS, IN BOTH CONTEXTS, THEY HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF REQUIREMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORING USES. THOSE ALSO INCLUDE ADEQUATE TRASH FACILITIES FOR ALL OF THESE THAT, FOR THE OPERATING STANDARDS AND WHENEVER WE MAKE A ZONING CODE AMENDMENT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR LAND USE ELEMENT AS WELL AS OTHER GOVERNING POLICIES. AND THESE ARE JUST A SUM OF THE POLICIES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. BUT AS INDICATED IN THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, THESE ARE CRITICAL, UM, REGULATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE DIVERSIFY OUR ENTERPRISES, ESPECIALLY WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THOSE RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER LAND USES THAT SURROUND THOSE AREAS. UM, SO THAT IS WHERE WE FOUND THAT THIS IS, UH, AS LONG AS THEY'RE REGULATED PROPERLY WITH THE RULES WE'VE PUT IN PLACE, WE FEEL THAT ALL THESE FINDINGS CAN BE MET IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. AND WHENEVER WE CHANGE TITLE 21 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COASTAL ACT. UH, THAT IS WHAT THE COASTAL COMMISSION PROCESS IS. AND SO WHAT WE DO HAVE HERE IS, UH, VERY LIMITED IMPACTS, UH, TO BEACH PARKING LOTS. WE ONLY HAVE TWO IDENTIFIED, AND WITH THE REGULATIONS, THEY WOULD BE PARKING IN A DESIGNATED PARKING SPACE, AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE THAT OVER SPILL INTO COASTAL SENSITIVE AREAS. SO WE DO FEEL THAT THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITY OPERATING STANDARDS HELP SELF-REGULATE THOSE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH THE COASTAL ACT PROVISIONS. IT ALSO IS A MINOR NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES IN THE WHOLE SCHEME OF ALL OUR PUBLIC PARKING LOTS IN THE COASTAL ZONE, WHICH ARE RESERVED FOR VISITORS. AND FURTHERMORE, AS THIS, UM, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A COMMISSARY, MOST OF OUR AREAS IN THE COASTAL ZONE ARE GONNA BE COMMERCIALLY ORIENTED, UH, AND ZONED NOT INDUSTRIAL. SO WITH EVERY APPLICATION FOR A STANDALONE, UM, COMMISSARY, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A HEARING PROCESS. YOU'D HAVE THAT ADMINISTRATIVE USE PROCESS, AND YOU WOULD HAVE A LOCAL COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCESS. SO YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO HAVE THAT PUBLIC INPUT AND THAT DISCRETION TO MAKE SURE IT'S APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY WITH COASTAL ACT [02:20:01] PROVISIONS AND WHERE THERE, UH, AT A RESTAURANT THEY WOULD BE ACCESSORY TO THAT RESTAURANT USE. SO THEREFORE, WE DO FIND THAT THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM AMENDMENT, UM, REQUIREMENTS ARE MET WITH THIS. THIS ITEM WAS NOTICED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE REQUIREMENTS AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED TODAY, AND IT HAS BEEN POSTED IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ACROSS THE CITY AND IN PUBLIC PUBLICATIONS. UH, IN ADDITION, IN ORDER TO FIND, UM, CONSISTENCY WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, BECAUSE THESE ITEMS ARE REGULATING TEMPORARY USES AND CLARIFICATION ACROSS CODE REQUIREMENTS, UH, THE CITY DOES FIND THAT, UM, WE CAN FIND THIS EXEMPT UNDER SECTIONS 15 3 0 4 FOR MINOR ALTERATIONS TO LAND IN 15,003 11, UH, WHICH IS ACCESSORY STRUCTURES SINCE THESE ARE TEMPORARY USES AND NOT PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE DID REQUIRE THAT THESE CANNOT BE CITED ON HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS, AND WE DID DO, UH, TECHNICAL MEMORANDUMS TO MAKE SURE THAT GENERATORS ARE PLACED THOUGHTFULLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE. AND THEREFORE, WITH THAT, UM, THE STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPT THE CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND DECLARE THE ORDINANCES AS WELL AS ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION, UH, TO SUBMIT ONLY TITLE 21 REVISIONS TO THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. OH, IF I COULD, UM, VICES MAYOR, JUST, UH, WE, WE DID HEAR OF COURSE, THE BACK AND FORTH AND THE LAST, UM, ITEM BEFORE THIS ONE, AND, AND WE DO REQUIRE THIS SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES TO THE ZONING REGULATIONS HERE. UM, BUT IT DID SOUND TO ME AND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY CAN, CAN HELP ME HERE, BUT IT DID SOUND TO ME LIKE WE'RE GETTING SOME CLEAR DIRECTION ON, ON MINOR CHANGES, UM, THAT MAY BE NEEDED, UM, TO TITLES FIVE AND EIGHT. UM, AND THAT, UM, IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE FOR THE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF IT WE'RE, WE'RE OPENING, UH, THE, AND HEARING TESTIMONY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING HERE TODAY, UM, WHILE, UM, CONTINUING THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE, WHICH IS ALSO PART OF THE, UM, UH, RECOMMENDATION ITEMS SINCE THERE ARE SOME TWEAKS THAT ARE GONNA BE NEEDED TO BE MADE BASED ON WHAT WE'VE HEARD SO FAR. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR, THE MOTION TO, UH, MARRY AND DEATH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TARA AND AND TEAM FOR THAT PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, TARA. UM, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, SO I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THE SECONDER AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN. OH, MARY ASKED, WE DID GO, SHE WANTS TO GO TO PUBLIC FIRST. I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT PART. YEAH, THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, THREE PHONE COMMENTERS ERIC LOPEZ CAR. SO, UM, I ACTUALLY AM FOR THE, UH, FOOD TRUCKS BEING HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AND SINCE, SINCE YOU GUYS ARE, SPEND CRAZY AMOUNTS OF MONEY ON $700,000 ON A WEBSITE, $350,000 ON AN APP, UM, WHAT I THINK WOULD BE A GOOD BEST PRACTICE TO HELP THE RESTAURANTS AND THE FOOD TRUCKS IS TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP AN APP FOR THEM SO THAT IT COULD HAVE LIKE A GPS, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE ACTUALLY POSITIONED WITHIN THE CITY. I WOULD ALSO URGE THAT WE START TO, UM, REDUCE OUR DEPENDENCY UP ON FOSSIL FUELS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IN, UM, THE MIDDLE EAST. SO WHAT I WOULD URGE IS, UH, FOR THOSE THAT HAVE FOOD TRUCKS TO LOOK AT WAYS OF GETTING THE MANUFACTURERS OF THOSE FOOD TRUCKS TO INCLUDE SOLAR, RIGHT? AND THAT'S BECAUSE MOST, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE FOOD TRUCKS ARE PROPANE, SO THAT'S FOSSIL FUELS. SO LOOK AT WAYS TO OFFSET BY INSTALLING SOLAR SYSTEMS. UM, ALSO, I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING IN THE REPORT. AND BY THE WAY, MARYANNE, YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB PRESENTING. I'M GONNA CALL YOU, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A NICKNAME, MC, I HOPE HOPEFULLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT. UH, THOSE ARE YOUR INITIALS FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DO NOT KNOW. UM, BUT I DID NOT SEE IN THE REPORT THOUGH, MARYANNE, THAT, UH, AND IT'S NOT FOR YOU TO INCLUDE IT IN THE REPORT. IT'S FOR, [02:25:03] LET ME KNOW WHEN I CAN CONTINUE. ROBERT, ROBERTO, THANK YOU. SO WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO INCLUDE IN THE REPORT, THIS IS FOR THEM, IS, UM, I'D LIKE YOU TO INCLUDE THAT WE HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT ARE LOCALLY OWNED FOOD TRUCKS SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE ARE LOCALLY OWNED FOOD TRUCKS, MEANING FROM LONG BEACH RESIDENTS. AND THEN, UM, TO INCORPORATE, UH, ACCESS AND NOT ACCESS FOR PERMISSION, BUT ACCESS LIKE RFID AND NFC TECHNOLOGY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IN REAL TIME ON THAT APP. THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THIS TRUCK, THIS IS HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AT THIS TRUCK. A WAY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PRE-ORDER THEIR FOOD AHEAD OF TIME, UM, SO THAT IT'S MORE EFFICIENTLY RUN. AND THEN MARIANNE, YOU DID TALK ABOUT THAT THE FOOD TRUCK IS AN ACCESSORY TO THE RESTAURANT. I WOULD LIKE THE RESTAURANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FOOD TRUCK BEING THERE SINCE IT'S AN ACCESSORY TO THAT RESTAURANT. UM, HAVE THE RESTAURANT OWNER BE PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS FOR THAT REST, FOR THAT FOOD TRUCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY. MY NAME IS ERIC LOPEZ AND I AM A SON OF A PROUD OWNER OF FOOD TRUCK OWNER. UH, WE ARE CATALINA'S PASTRIES AND BIANCO'S. UM, OUR FOOD TRUCK IS MORE THAN A BUSINESS. IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY. EVERY DAY WE SERVE FRESH, DELICIOUS MEALS, LOCAL TO LOCAL RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND VISITORS. OUR PRESENCE BEING BRINGS LIFE TO THE STREETS, SUPPORTS LOCAL EVENTS AND CONTRIBUTES TO THE ECONOMY. I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, PERSONALLY, I THINK IF EVERYBODY HAS AN OPINION OVER FOOD TRUCKS, I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD ACTUALLY GET CLOSE TO US TO SEE THE PROCESS OF A FOOD TRUCK. EVERYBODY SAYS A FOOD TRUCK. A FOOD TRUCK COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING CHEAP OR SIMPLE TO MAKE. YOU HAVE TO GO AND GET, UH, PERMITS. YOU GOTTA GET, UH, ALL KINDS OF, UH, PERMITS WITH THE CITY. WE PAY LA WE PAY YOU GUYS. WE, WE, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU GUYS, BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO GET CLOSE TO US AND ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE. I WENT TO CIGNA HILL, I WENT TO BUTLER, AND I WENT TO CABRILLO. SO I AM FROM HERE AND MY FOOD TRUCK IS FROM HERE. SO I, I WANNA WORK WITH EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA WORK WITH YOU GUYS, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD GIVE US A CHANCE OF SHOWING YOU ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU OUR FOOD TRUCKS AND GETTING TO KNOW US BEFORE EVERYBODY STARTS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW EVERYBODY STARTS SAYING, OH, FOOD TRUCKS IS FOOD, TRUCK, TRUCK. HAVE YOU EVER WORKED IN ONE? HAVE YOU EVER OWNED ONE? HAVE YOU EVER HAD KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE UP EARLY, TO PREPARE ALL THE WAY TILL TWO IN THE MORNING TO SHUT DOWN, WASH AND CLEAN YOUR FOOD TRUCK TO BE READY FOR THE NEXT DAY. IT IS NOT A A EIGHT HOUR THING, FOUR HOUR THING, TWO HOUR THING. IT'S AN ACTUAL ALL DAY THING. IT'S A FAMILY THING. 'CAUSE A LOT OF US, IT'S OUR FAMILY THAT WORKS IT. WE DON'T HIRE ANYBODY. 'CAUSE WE WORK OUR OWN TRUCKS. WE PUT OUR OWN EM EMOTION AND OUR OWN, UH, SEASONING TO OUR OWN STUFF. AND, UH, WE DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO BE AT LEAST A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM EACH RESTAURANT. SO WE, IF YOU COUNT THE STEPS, I'M SURE WE ARE. AND ALSO PUBLIC RESTROOMS. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AT, AT THE PIKE, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I I I'M DOWN THERE A LOT. SO I SEE WE HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS BY THE AQUARIUM AND WE HAVE PUBLIC RESTROOMS BY THE UNDERNEATH THE, BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE FER. BEHIND THE FERRIS WHEEL. SORRY. SO I THINK IT'S, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD GET CLOSE TO US AND ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW WHAT WE DO, HOW WE WORK, AND GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY WORKING FOR YOU GUYS. AND LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HI, MY NAME'S KARINA AND I'M A LOCAL. UM, I'M ACTUALLY A, I DO LIVE IN LONG BEACH. UM, LIKE HE SAID, MOST OF THE FOOD TRUCKS, AT LEAST MY FAMILY OWNS FOOD TRUCKS. WE ALL WORK IT. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE RESTAURANTS, THEY LEFT BEFORE. I HAVE TO SAY THIS. UM, [02:30:02] YEAH, THEY SPEND MONEY ON THEIR EMPLOYEES. THEY SPEND MONEY ON THEIR BUILDING, BUT WE ALSO SPEND MONEY. WE ALSO SPEND TIME AND WE ALSO PAY OUR TAXES. WE ALSO PAY OUR PERMITS OR ELSE WE WOULDN'T BE HERE, UM, AS A CUSTOMER FOR THEIR RESTAURANTS ON THE WEEKENDS. IT'S A TWO HOUR LIMIT ON THE WEEKDAYS. UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH THAT WE CAN DO SINCE WE ARE WORKING. BUT I DON'T WANNA WAIT TWO HOURS TO BE SEATED AND EAT WHEN, IF WE'RE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A FOOD TRUCK AND I'M REALLY HUNGRY. I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS WANNA WAIT TWO HOURS. I WOULDN'T. ANOTHER THING, UM, SORRY, EXCUSE ME. BUT I'M NERVOUS. I REALLY DON'T SPEAK. UM, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE ALL PAY OUR PERMITS. WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE ACCIDENTS THAT ARE COST OR IN THE PARKING LOT, THOSE RESTAURANTS ACROSS THE STREET ON THE PIKE, THEY HAVE VALET PARKING, WHICH IS ALWAYS CROWDED. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PARKING. AND JUST BECAUSE WE TAKE ONE SPOT FROM THE, FROM THE METERS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT. I'M SORRY, BUT I'VE PAID OVER $25 FOR A PARKING THAT I'M PRETTY SURE THEY'RE HIRED. THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT PARK OUR CARS OR WE PAY THE PARKING SPACES. THEY ARE, I'M PRETTY SURE THEY, THEY, THEY HIRE THEM TO, UH, SO THEY CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE PARKING SPOTS. I WORK AT THE PIKE IN ONE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS. SO FAR I HAVEN'T SEEN NO ACCIDENTS. THERE'S CERTAIN PEOPLE THAT, UM, TIE UP THEIR TENTS. WHAT THEY SAID, IT'S NONE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS. THERE'S CERTAIN VENDORS THAT DO GO, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ALSO TRY TO MAKE THEIR MONEY. BUT IT'S, I GUARANTEE YOU, IT'S NONE OF THE FOOD TRUCKS. ME PERSONALLY, LIKE I SAID, I WORK WITH MY FAMILY. I GET UP AT SIX IN THE MORNING TO START WORKING, TO START MY DAY SO I CAN GO AND GET A JOB DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO, UM, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC. THERE'S NO PARKING FOR THE FOOD TRUCKS BECAUSE OF THE GRAND PRIS. YOU CAN GO AND SEE. THERE'S HARDLY PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. BUT WHEN THERE'S THE FOOD TRUCKS THERE, YOU CAN GUARANTEE THAT PLACE. YOU CANNOT REALLY WALK IN THERE BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE FOOD TRUCKS BRING OUT. YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. HEY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. MY NAME'S ISABELLE. THIS IS MY HUSBAND JORGE. UM, I WANNA GO BACK TO MARTY. SHE WALKED OUT AND THE OTHER WOMAN THAT SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THEIR RESTAURANTS OR THEIR PRIVATE BUSINESSES, I, THIS IS VERY EMOTIONAL. I'M SORRY. SHE GETS UP AND WALKS OUT. BEFORE SHE WALKS OUT. SHE SAYS, I'M LEAVING 'CAUSE I'M AFRAID FOR MY LIFE. I TOLD HER, DON'T GO AWAY. WE'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT. WE'RE HERE TO FIGHT FOR OUR BUSINESS. SHE MAKES US SEEM LIKE WE'RE ANIMALS. WE'RE NOT. WE'RE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE TRYING TO LIVE OUR LIVES AND HAVE OUR OWN BUSINESS. AND THE WAY SHE GETS UP AND SAYS, I'M LEAVING BECAUSE I'M AFRAID FOR MY LIFE. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. AND THAT GOES TO SHOW YOU THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT WANT US OUT OF HERE. ALL WE WANNA DO IS SURVIVE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. SORRY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I TAKE FROM, FROM HERE, UH, BUT MY NAME IS JORGE MECA. SHE'S MY WIFE. UH, WE RUN ONE OF THE TRUCKS THAT PARK AT THE, UH, SHORELINE AT THE PIKE OUTLETS. UH, IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE, UH, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT IT'S REALLY EASY. UH, WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS, UH, PROPOSITIONS, UH, GET TO A PLACE, WORK FOR TWO HOURS. IT'S NOT EASY. JUST CLOSE THE WINDOWS. RUN TO ANOTHER SPOT. IN MY CASE, WE WORK WITH FRIARS. I WOULD NEED TO WAIT FOR THE OIL TO COOL OFF, DRAIN THE OIL, CLOSE EVERYTHING, MOVE, AND THEN START ALL OVER AGAIN. TWO HOURS. THAT WAS THE FIRST, UH, UH, OPTION. THEN THEY CAME UP WITH THE FOUR HOURS. WHAT GENEROUS. BUT FOUR HOURS IS NOT ENOUGH. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UH, UH, WOS IN THE HOUSE IS, UH, IS, [02:35:01] UH, PUSHING FOR EIGHT HOURS. THAT WILL MAKE US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF ROOM. ANYWAYS, THAT'S ONE. ANOTHER ONE. UH, IT'S EASY TO SAY, UH, FOOD TRUCKERS LOOKING TO PUT IN, UH, SOLAR PANELS INTO YOUR TRUCKS. I ACTUALLY LOOK INTO THAT TO PUT A, UH, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE TRUCK. $25,000 TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SYSTEM. $25,000 DON'T COME EASY. UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T OPERATE TRUCKS, IT'S EASY TO SAY, DO THIS, DO THIS, AND DO THAT. BUT FOR US, THAT WE OPERATE TRUCKS ALL THE TIME, IT'S NOT EASY FROM THE BEGINNING TO OPEN THE WINDOWS, UH, GO AND PAY FOR COMMISSARIES, UH, PAY FOR PERMITS, UH, COME BACK TO THE PERMITS. WHEN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, SAID THAT THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT FROM ORANGE COUNTY, FROM, UH, LA COUNTY WASN'T BEING ENOUGH, WE NEED TO PURCHASE THE PERMIT FROM LONG BEACH. EXCUSE ME. WE WENT AND DO THAT. $1,070 DON'T COME EASY EITHER. ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAVE TO STILL PAY FOR THE ONE IN LA COUNTY. THAT'S ANOTHER $760. ON TOP OF THAT, WE PAY FOR THE PERMITS, WE PAY TAXES, WE DO EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO FOR WHAT? SO THEY CAME UP WITH SOME REGULATIONS. IT SEEMS LIKE LITERALLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY TRIED TO PUSH US OUT OF THE CITY, THE CITY THAT WE, WE LOVE THIS CITY. ALL MY KID KIDS GREW UP IN THIS CITY. MY WIFE, SHE'S, UH, BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR OVER 30 YEARS. ALL WE WANNA DO IS, UH, UH, DO BUSINESS IN THE CITY. STAY IN THE CITY. BUT WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO IS PUSH US OUT AND OUR NEXT OPTION, WHAT WILL BE, GO AND TRY AND DO BUSINESS TO ANOTHER CITY. PLEASE CONSIDER WHY YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN ALL THE FOOD TRUCKS. WE NOT HURRY. NOBODY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, GOVERNOR , DID YOU WANNA FINISH YOUR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. UM, VICE MAYOR AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF THOSE WHO SPOKE EARLIER IN, IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALSO, UM, DURING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT. I KNOW THAT IT IS NOT AN EASY TASK TO COME AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF COUNCIL, BUT I THINK THAT, UM, HERE ON COUNCIL, WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM SOME OF OUR FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS OWNERS. AND, UM, FOR THAT, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE. SO THANK, THANK YOU ALL WHO CAME OUT TO SPEAK. MEMBER ALLEN? YES. UH, THANK YOU. ALSO, I, UH, I CONCUR WITH COUNCILMAN, UH, ZENDEJAS. IT WAS REALLY NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS, UM, THAT, UM, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU GUYS SAY IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THOSE BIG RESTAURANTS, AND I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LOW COST OPTIONS. SO THEY OFTEN THINK THAT SO MANY OF YOU ARE COMPETING WITH THEM WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOWN THERE ARE PATRONIZING. YOU ARE NOT CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GONNA GO TO THE RESTAURANTS ANYWAY. UM, BUT YET THEY, THEY CLAIM THAT YOU'RE TAKING, UM, THEIR CUSTOMERS, UM, AWAY. AND SO I PLUS THE VARIETY AND THE LOW COST OPTIONS. I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE CREATING THESE ORDINANCES AND MAKING SURE THAT, THAT EVERYONE THRIVES, ESPECIALLY THE THE FOOD TRUCKS. UM, AND THEN JUST BACK TO THE EIGHT HOUR, THE REASON I I'M CONCERNED IF IS, ARE WE PICKING WINNERS AND LOSERS AS SOMEONE, A FOOD TRUCK STAYING AT ONE LOCATION FOR EIGHT HOURS? I DON'T KNOW. I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN SEEING WHAT THE, WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH. IF WE, IF IT'S, IF IT'S LOWER, DO WE HAVE MORE, WE'RE GIVING MORE ENTREPRENEURS OPPORTUNITIES TO, UM, TO CREATE MONEY FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND, AND CREATE WEALTH. SO THAT, THAT'S MY CONCERN. BUT I'M OPEN TO THAT AND SEEING, UM, WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH. BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. IT WAS NICE TO, UM, TO, UH, HEAR YOUR PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DUNCAN. THANK YOU. UH, MARYANNE, I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION. I ASKED FOR A FRIENDLY ON THE ORDINANCE REGARDING THE GRAU A LOT BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S SOME CLARIFICATION THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT WITH THE BATHROOMS AND THE CONCESSION STAND, DOES THIS ALSO APPLY THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT? IS THIS GOING TO, AND THIS ALSO APPLIES TO SHORELINE, BUT I'M SPECIFICALLY ASKING ABOUT GRANADA A LOT. CAN YOU WALK THROUGH HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK? COUNCILWOMAN, BEFORE MARYANNE ANSWERS, I THINK YOU'RE BRINGING UP A WONDERFUL POINT FROM THE PRIOR ITEM. MM-HMM . SO THE PRIOR ITEMS ACTION IS RELATED TO THE ORDINANCES FOR TITLES FIVE AND EIGHT. SO WE WILL BE LOOKING FOR DIRECTION TO INCORPORATE ANY FROM THAT CONVERSATION DIRECTION RELATIVE TO, UH, PRIVATE [02:40:01] PROPERTY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE IN TITLE 21. WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF AMENDMENT ON A MOTION FOR THAT TO BE ABLE TO BE INCORPORATED. RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE WHAT WAS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AS OUR BEGINNING MOTION. SO I WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL. UM, AND THEN SIGNIFICANTLY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT BEFORE, BUT THESE ARE ORDERED ITEMS. SO THE AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 21 AND 22 ARE WILLING TO IMPLEMENT THE CHANGES BEING MADE TO TITLE FIVE AND EIGHT. SO IF THERE WERE THAT DIRECTION TO MAKE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES TO IMPLEMENT INSIDE OF TITLE 21, WE WOULD ALSO BE LOOKING TO ENSURE THAT THE CHANGES TO TITLE 22 COME WITH TITLE 21. AND THEN THAT THE RESOLUTION TO SEND ALL OF TITLE 21 CHANGES TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION ALSO COMES BACK WITH ANY REVISIONS TO TITLE 21. THAT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. , ALL I WANTED TO ASK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT, UM, THIS ALSO RELATES TO TWO PARKS . SO YES, EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAID WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE ORDINANCE AND THEN IT WILL RELATE TO THIS AS IT GOES THROUGH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. SO ANY CLARIFICATION THAT YOU SOUGHT AROUND THE PARKS ON THE LAST ITEM WOULD NEED TO BE CLARIFIED HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANADA LOT, SO THE TWO EARMARKED SPACES IN THE GRANADA LOT WOULD BE SPECIFIED. SO WHETHER IT BE A SIGN OR A SPECIAL DEMARCATION, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OUTSIDE OF THE 500 FOOT BUFFER FROM THE NEAREST CONCESSIONAIRE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS THE MONTY'S BEACH STAND RIGHT NOW. THAT'S ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE NEAREST, UH, RESTROOM. SO THE LOCATION, UH, WITH PROXIMATE BATHROOMS THAT, UM, YOU HEARD IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, IT CAN BE CLARIFIED BY THE DURATION. SO WHILE IT'S GONNA BE SPACED APPROPRIATELY, THAT MIGHT BE A SHORTER DURATION FOR THOSE TO SIT, UH, AND SERVE, BUT STILL BE IN CONSISTENCY WITH THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE. SO YOU MIGHT HAVE ONLY A ONE HOUR TIMEFRAME TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, BUT YOU'D STILL BE OUTSIDE THAT 500 FEET. SO IT'S JUST TO BRING ANOTHER OPTION TO THE BEACH SO PEOPLE CAN STAY AND PLAY AND EAT, UH, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO MAYBE LEAVE AND GO TO OTHER AREAS, WHICH IS ALSO ONE OF THE GOALS OF OUR CONCESSION AREAS. BUT WE ALSO WANNA RESPECT THAT SPACE. SO FOR THIS, THE GRANADA UH, SPACES, THEY'LL BE DISTANCED, BUT THEY MIGHT BE A SHORTER DURATION IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH REQUIREMENTS. AND THAT'S THE STATE LAW THAT IT WOULD BE ONE HOUR, CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU, MARIANNE. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS BETTER STATE, THIS WILL REQUIRE FOUR VOTES, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. BUT AS THE MOTION SITS RIGHT NOW, IT IS JUST TO ADOPT, UM, AND NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO TITLE 21. UH, AND THERE'S ALSO 22 AND THE RESOLUTION THAT ARE STILL AS STATED MOVING FORWARD TONIGHT. SO WE'D BE LOOKING TO ALIGN THOSE CHANGES WITH THE CHANGES THAT YOU MADE ON THE LAST ITEM. OKAY. IF YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH IT, THAT'D BE GREAT. . ABSOLUTELY. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, YOU HAVE OPENED THE HEARING AND YOU'VE HEARD AND HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE IN ACTION ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL ON THIS ITEM. AND THAT'S THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. SO IT IS FOUR VOTES. THAT SECOND PARAGRAPH RELATES TO THE CHANGES FOR, TO TITLE 21 TO IMPLEMENT THE MFF PROGRAMS, UM, BROUGHT FORWARD IN TITLE V AND EIGHT. SO WHAT WE HEARD ON THE LAST ITEM IS THAT THERE WAS A DESIRE THAT WAS CAPTURED IN THE DIRECTION TO TALK TO, UM, FOLKS AT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO EVALUATE OPERATING HOURS. SO THAT WOULD, THAT, THAT HASN'T BEEN INCORPORATED HERE, BUT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED ON THE LAST ITEM RELATIVE TO TITLE 21. UM, AND THEN ON TITLE 22, WE WOULD BE LOOKING, YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, YOU NEED THAT TO ALIGN WITH THE RETURN OF TITLE 21. SO YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR A CHANGE ON THAT, UM, PORTION OF THE VOTE, THAT THIRD VOTE TO HAVE TITLE 22, RETURN BACK WITH THE REVISED AND AMENDED TITLE 21. AND THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT RESOLUTION THAT MOVES TITLE 21 TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION. ALSO COME BACK WITH A REVISED AND AMENDED TITLE 21. ALRIGHT, I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING, BUT, OKAY. COMFORTABLE. ALRIGHT, WE NEED TO THAT, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION. UM, COUNCILMAN ZENDAY HAS, ARE YOU MAKING THAT AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION? YES. AND COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, IS THAT ACCEPTABLE? YES, IT IS. NOW WE CAN MOVE TO THE FOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. OKAY, LET'S GO. GO FOR IT. THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. THIS FIRST ONE, RIGHT. ALRIGHT, [02:45:02] SO THE VOTE ON THE FIRST ITEM IS CARRIED. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER TWO. WE'RE QUEUING IT UP RIGHT NOW. MOTION IS CARRIED ON. ITEM TWO. OKAY. ITEM THREE. MOTION FOR TITLE 22 IS CARRIED. OKAY. ITEM FOUR, VICE MAYOR URANGA, ARE YOU AND I THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. [28. 26-54646 Recommendation to request City Manager to work with Public Works and the Mobility Officer, Community Development, and other relevant departments to investigate modernized parking systems in Downtown Long Beach and report back in 60 days, including: Use of valet parking and pre-reserved spots in public City Place Lots for entertainment venues; and Use of high-density parking lift systems on surface parking lots, both private and public.       Office or Department: Mary Zendejas, Councilwoman, First District; Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] OKAY, THEN THAT COMPLETES THE VOTING ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. SAME. OKAY, LET'S GO OUT TO THE NEXT ITEM HERE, WHICH IS ITEM 28. WE SKIP. ITEM 27 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. WE GO TO ITEM 48. ITEM 28, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCILWOMAN ASSE, COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN, RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE MOBILITY OFFICE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS TO INVESTIGATE MODERNIZED PARKING SYSTEMS IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH AND REPORT BACK IN 60 DAYS. WE HAVE A MOTION. A SECOND. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS COUNCIL MEMBERS? ? THANK YOU. YES. UM, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU TO COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN FOR SIGNING ON TO THIS IMPORTANT ITEM. WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS ON ITEMS LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO PARKING AS WE ARE ADJACENT DISTRICTS AND WE SHARE SIMILAR CONCERNS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILWOMAN. COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN. ALSO, I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM LONG BEACH CHAMBER. UM, THE DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH ALLIANCE, THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL COUNCIL, AND SEVERAL EVENT VENUES IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH, INCLUDING ALTAR SOCIETY. 4 4 0 ELM, A HISTORIC SOCIAL EVENT VENUE. WITH THAT, I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO REVIEW. THIS ITEM IS A REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR MODERNIZED PARKING SYSTEM IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH. IT IS A TWO-PRONG ITEM THAT REQUESTS LOOKING INTO ONE USE OF VALET PARKING AND PRE RESERVE SPOTS IN PUBLIC CITY PLACE LOTS FOR ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND TWO USE OF HIGH DENSITY PARKING LIFT SYSTEMS ON SURFACE PARKING LOTS, BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC. NEXT SLIDE. FOR THOSE USES OF VALET PARKING AND PRE RESERVE SPOTS IN PUBLIC LOTS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. THE CURRENTLY SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ALREADY ALLOWING SUCH ACCESS, UM, AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE A SYSTEM LIKE THAT. THERE ARE SEVERAL ENTERTAINMENT VENUES IN DOWNTOWN THAT CAN ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS NEXT SLIDE. HOW THIS WOULD WORK IS THAT WE MOVE AWAY FROM FIRST COME FIRST SERVE TOWARDS A MORE MANAGED PRE RESERVE SYSTEM. WE CAN USE DESIGNATED ZONES IN THE LOTS WITH SIGNAGE AND CONES. THE KEY BENEFITS OF THIS METHOD INCLUDE REDUCING NEIGHBORHOOD CONGESTION AND SUPPORTING LOCAL EVENT VENUES. ADDITIONALLY, IT COULD LEAD TO INCREASE IN REVENUE AND UTILIZATION. NEXT SLIDE. NOW ON THE USE OF HIGH DENSITY PARKING LIFTS ON SURFACE LOTS, THERE ARE MANY LOTS IN DOWNTOWN THAT COULD HOUSE SUCH SYSTEMS. MY TEAM HAS IDENTIFIED AT LEAST FIVE LOTS THAT COULD BE USED FOR THIS. WE SHOULD LOOK AT INCENTIVIZING [02:50:01] THE USE OF LIFTS. NEXT SLIDE. KEY BENEFITS INCLUDE LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE SPACE AND ALLOCATION AND SYSTEM EFFICIENCY. NEXT SLIDE. OVERALL, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT. THEY SUPPORT THE CITY'S TRANSITION TOWARDS A SMARTER, MORE ADAPTIVE AND URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE. FROM A POLICY SIGNIFICANCE, IT REPRESENTS A LOW RISK FORWARD LOOKING INITIATIVE WITH MINIMAL IMMEDIATE FISCAL IMPACTS. I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ITEM SPECIFIES WORKING WITH THE MOBILITY OFFICER IN PUBLIC WORKS. I'M EXCITED THAT THIS POSITION CAN BE USED TO SUPPORT THIS STUDY. OTHER CITIES LIKE LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK HAVE ALREADY IMPLEMENTED THESE STRATEGIES. AS A, AS WE POSITION OURSELVES AS THE ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION. I BELIEVE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN HELP MOVE PEOPLE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA, SUPPORT LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND BETTER OUR MOBILITY IN DOWNTOWN. ALSO, BY IMPLEMENTING THESE SYSTEMS, IT COULD FREE UP PARKING THAT CAN BE USED BY RESIDENTS WHO ALREADY STRUGGLE WITH STREET PARKING. NEXT SLIDE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT AND I AM ASKING FOR SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES ON THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN? YES. UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN'S AND DEJAS FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. AND ALSO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP ON ISSUES DEALING WITH, UH, PARKING AND BOTH OF OUR DISTRICTS. AND, UM, PARKING IS JUST ONE OF THE MOST CONSISTENT ISSUES THAT WE HEAR FROM RESIDENTS, UM, IN OUR OFFICE. AND WHETHER IT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR IT'S NEAR BUSINESSES OR BUSINESS CORRIDORS, UM, IT CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS AND ALSO AFFECTS BUSINESSES, UH, AND THEIR PROFITABILITY. SO THAT'S WHY I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF EXPLORING MODERNIZED PARKING SOLUTIONS IN DOWNTOWN. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW AS AN ENTERTAINMENT DESTINATION, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE ALSO THINKING ABOUT HOW OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, CAN KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND OF PARKING. UM, I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN EXPLORING TOOLS LIKE HIGH DENSITY PARKING LIFT SYSTEMS, WHICH ESSENTIALLY ALLOW MULTIPLE VEHICLES AS YOU SAW ON THE SIDE TO BE STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. UM, AND THIS JUST GIVES US, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE, UM, OUR, OUR CAPACITY, UM, ON SOME OF THAT SPACE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, UH, COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS FOR THIS ITEM, AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SIGN ON. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MEMBER . THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE EXPLORATION OF VALET SYSTEMS AND HIGH DENSITY PARKING LIFT SYSTEMS. I THINK IT'S A TRULY FORWARD LOOKING APPROACH. UM, AND I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS ZENDEJAS AND COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN FOR INTRODUCING THIS ITEM. UH, THESE SYSTEMS COULD ALLOW US TO MAXIMIZE OUR EXISTING FOOTPRINT, INCREASE PARKING SUPPLY FOR RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE WITHOUT THE MASSIVE LAND USE REQUIREMENT FOR TRADITIONAL GARAGES. IT IS REALLY A SMART CITY SOLUTION THAT PRESERVES VALUABLE LAND WHILE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SOLVING FOR OUR IMMEDIATE DENSITY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DOWNTOWN CORE. UM, RECENTLY I WAS ON TRAVELS. I WAS ACTUALLY, UH, BACK IN NEW YORK AND SAW THIS INACTION IN A NUMBER OF LOTS ACROSS THE CITY. UM, AND REALLY AM EXCITED TO COME HOME TO SEE HOW COLLEAGUES ARE LOOKING TO BRING THIS KIND OF STRATEGY AND SMART CITY SOLUTION TO LONG BEACH. UH, THANK YOU AGAIN AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. WELL, PERSONALLY, WHEN I WAS THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE MANAGER AND TOWING OPERATIONS AND LEAD SALES, I LOOKED INTO LIFT PARKING. UH, IT WAS EXPENSIVE BACK IN THOSE DAYS. UH, BUT TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED OBVIOUSLY, AND WE'VE COME, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEN. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE IS THAT WHEN THE CITY MANAGER CONDUCTS HIS STUDY, THAT HE COME BACK WITH A BUDGET AS WELL TO SEE HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE, UH, FEASIBLE FOR US TO FIND SUCH A, UH, ATTENTION TO OUR PARKING [29. 26-54658 Recommendation to request City Manager to provide a presentation to City Council within 30 days on the Colorado Lagoon Open Channel Project, including an overview of the project, the causes of construction delays, the anticipated timeline for completion, and any lessons learned to help prevent similar delays in future City infrastructure projects.       Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] STRUCTURES HERE IN LONG BEACH. [02:55:02] UH, ARE YOU, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS? YEAH. YES. ALRIGHT. YES. THANK YOU. UH, SEE NO OTHER COMMENT. LET'S GO TO A VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. UH, THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 29, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN. RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE A PRESENTATION WITHIN 30 DAYS ON THE COLORADO LAGOON OPEN CHANNEL PROJECT. GIVE A MOTION A SECOND. UH, MEMBER DUGGAN, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO ITEM? I WOULD, I WOULD. UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO BRING THIS FORWARD TODAY. THE COLORADO LAGOON PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN DISTRICT THREE, BUT IT'S A REGIONAL AMENITY THAT RESIDENTS FROM ACROSS THE CITY COME TO ENJOY. I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE AREA AND THE CITY. IT'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL ONCE IT IS FINISHED, BUT WE NEED TO BE REALLY CANDID ABOUT HOW THIS PROJECT HAS UNFOLDED AND THE IMPACT IT HAS HAD ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. WHEN THE DECISION WAS MADE IN 2022 TO CLOSE BOTH COLORADO STREET AND ELLIOT STREET AT THE SAME TIME, IT WAS BASED ON THE EXPECTATION THAT THE PROJECT WAS GOING TO BE 18 MONTHS. TODAY WE ARE AT 39 MONTHS WITH NO FIRM DATE. UM, THAT GAP BETWEEN EXPECTATION AND REALITY IS WHY RESIDENTS ARE SO FRUSTRATED. WHY I'M SO FRUSTRATED WITH THIS. WE NEED AN END DATE. PEOPLE MADE PLANS AROUND WHAT THEY WERE TOLD WOULD BE A TEMPORARY DISRUPTION 18 MONTHS, AND INSTEAD IT HAS STRETCHED ON FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS. A MAJOR CONTRIBUTOR TO THESE DELAYS WITH THE DISCOVERY OF OVER 20 ABANDONED OR UNMARKED UTILITY LINES THAT WERE NOT IDENTIFIED DURING PRE-CONSTRUCTION DUE DILIGENCE. ADDRESSING THOSE CONFLICTS REQUIRED COORDINATION WITH REGULATORY AGENCIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY DID SLOW PROGRESS. AT THE SAME TIME, RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THE REAL DAILY IMPACTS OF THESE CLOSURES. THE ROADS THAT WERE CLOSED ARE KEY CONNECTIONS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR MANY FAMILIES, THIS IS THEIR REGULAR COMMUTE, INCLUDING GETTING CHILDREN TO ROGERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOWELL ELEMENTARY. FREMONT ELEMENTARY. AND BECAUSE OF THE CLOSURES, TRAFFIC HAS BEEN PUSHED INTO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS. STREETS PREVIOUSLY HAD SEEN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED CARS ARE NOW SEEING 2,500 TRIPS PER DAY BY CAR. THAT BRINGS CONGESTION, A NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN QUALITY OF LIFE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUES. AS SOME OF THESE DETOUR STREETS ARE SIMPLY NOT SET UP TO HANDLE THE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF CARS THEY'VE EXPERIENCED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WHAT'S MADE THIS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN EXTENDED PERIODS WHERE LITTLE TO NO VISIBLE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY WAS TAKING PLACE. RESIDENTS ARE DRIVING BY EVERY DAY, SEEING NO PROGRESS AND WONDERING WHY THE PROJECT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD. THAT LACK OF VISIBLE ACTIVITY COMBINED WITH SHIFTING TIMELINES, NO END DATE HAS ONLY FRUSTRATED RESIDENTS EVEN MORE PUBLIC WORKS. YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, KEEPING PEOPLE UPDATED. WE'VE RECEIVED THOSE WEEKLY UPDATES. WE PUT IT IN THE NEWSLETTER, WE POST IT. BUT COMMUNICATION ON THE TIMELINE OVER THE YEARS HAS BEEN A VERY FRUSTRATING POINT. COMPLETION DATES HAVE SHIFTED MANY TIMES, AND NOW THE ESTIMATE FOR REOPENING THE ROADS IS SOMETIME THIS SUMMER WITH NO ESTIMATE ON WHEN THE ACTUAL PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED. WE CAN'T MANAGE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WITHOUT KNOWING WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINISHED. AND AFTER 39 MONTHS, RESIDENTS DESERVE MORE CLARITY AND MORE CERTAINTY THAN HAVING AN OPEN-ENDED COMPLETION DATE. THIS IS ULTIMATELY ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUST WITH REGARD TO PROJECTS THAT THE CITY SUPPORTS AND PUSHES FORWARD. WHEN PROJECTS EXTEND THIS FAR BEYOND THEIR ORIGINAL TIMELINE, IT AFFECTS HOW RESIDENTS VIEW FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS ACROSS THE CITY. SO, WHILE OF COURSE, I SUPPORT THE PROJECT IN THE OUTCOME, WE REALLY NEED ANSWERS, RESIDENTS DESERVE A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF WHAT CAUSED THESE DELAYS IN A CREDIBLE TIMELINE. FOR COMPLETION, [03:00:01] WE NEED TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT HOW THIS HAPPENED, HOW WE APPROVED A CONSTRUCTION BID THAT ALLOWS FOR A CONTRACTOR TO NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE DELAYS IMPACT THE BUDGET WITH OUR COST OVERRUN. WE SHOULD ALSO BE ASKING WHETHER WE NEED TO SPEND MORE TIME UPFRONT ANALYZING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT COULD CAUSE DELAYS BEFORE MAKING DECISIONS LIKE CLOSING ROADS. IT MEANS REVIEWING OUR PRE-CONSTRUCTION DUE DILIGENCE, HOW WE IDENTIFY UTILITIES, HOW CONTRACTS ARE STRUCTURED, AND HOW WE MANAGE PROJECTS ONCE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. WHEN UNEXPECTED ISSUES DO COME UP DURING CONSTRUCTION, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS RATHER THAN LEAVING RESIDENTS TO DEAL WITH THEM WITHOUT A CLEAR PATH FORWARD. I'VE ASKED FOR A 30 DAY BACK AND, UM, THANKS FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN IS A SECONDER, THE MOTION AND NO COMMENTS. I APPROVE. OKAY, WE HAVE ONE POINT COMMENT SPEAKER, UH, ELIZABETH LAMB. THANK THANK YOU MEMBERS, UM, FOR YOUR TIME. UH, SO, UM, I'VE LIVED IN LONG BEACH SINCE 1998, AND THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I GOT INVOLVED WITH WAS FRIENDS OF THE COLORADO LAGOON. AND FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN LONG BEACH AS LONG AS ME, YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THAT THE COLORADO LAGOON WAS LOOKED UPON WITH SCORN AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT IS A DANGEROUS PLACE TO GO. UH, AND, UM, ITS NICKNAME I KID YOU NOT WAS THE POLIO PIT AND THE FUTURE OF THE COLORADO LAGOON AT THAT POINT WAS JUST TO BE RAINWATER RUNOFF. AND THROUGH CITIZEN ACTIVISM, THE VIEW TOWARDS THE COLORADO LAGOON CHANGED OVER TIME. AND, UM, WITH A GREAT DEAL OF EFFORT AND COMMUNITY ACTION. THERE'S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY RESOURCE THERE. NOW THAT'S ALSO A WONDERFUL NATURAL RESOURCE. AND I REMEMBER ALONG THE WAY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW LONG IT TOOK AND HOW INCONVENIENT IT WAS. BUT IN MY OPINION, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE, IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA TO ASSESS PROJECTS. BUT LET'S NOT LET THE LOW LEVEL COMPLAINING GET IN THE WAY OF BIG VISIONARY IDEAS AND PROJECTS THAT MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, AND I'M SOMEONE THAT HAS INTERACTED WITH THE PUBLIC A LOT PEOPLE WILL START TO FORGET, UM, ABOUT THEIR LONGER COMMUTE OR THEIR INCONVENIENCES WHEN THEY SEE THIS WONDERFUL AMENITY WHEN IT'S FINALLY DONE. AND IT WILL BE A RESOURCE FOR ALL OF LONG BEACH. IT IS ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF OUR ADVOCACY FOR THE COLORADO LAGOON. IT'S NEAR BUS LINES. IT'S EASY FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO, AND IT WAS FUNDAMENTALLY INEQUITABLE THAT IT WAS ALLOWED TO BE A PLACE THAT WASN'T SAFE TO SWIM IN. THIS WILL BE A NEARBY OUTDOOR CLASSROOM, THIS OPEN CHANNEL WHERE KIDS CAN GO AND LEARN ABOUT NATURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD AND THEIR PLACE IN IT. AND I'VE BEEN TO EVERY COMMUNITY MEETING ABOUT THE OPEN CHANNEL SINCE THEY STARTED, AND SURE THERE'S REASONS TO BE FRUSTRATED, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT THE TAKEAWAY TO BE LET'S NOT DREAM BIG FOR OUR CITY OR FOR OUR, UM, NATURAL RESOURCES. AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, I WANTED TO COME DOWN AND SAY A FEW WORDS. I COMMEND COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN FOR HER AMAZING PATIENCE. BUT, UM, ONCE THE OPENING CEREMONY HAPPENS, EVERYONE WILL [30. 26-54661 Recommendation to request City Manager, in coordination with City Attorney, City Prosecutor, Police Department, Fire Department, Health and Human Services Department, and Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Communications, to draft and return to the City Council within 90 days with the CORE Strategy (Compassionate Outreach, Response, and Enforcement); The CORE Strategy should serve as a severity-based decision-making framework to address threatening and unsafe behavior, untreated mental illness, severe substance use disorder, and grave medical deterioration in public spaces. The strategy should operationalize all available tools, including: Deploying all voluntary engagement options provided in the December 23, 2025 memo titled Response Strategy for Individuals Displaying Unsafe or Non-Criminal Threatening Behavior; Filing petitions for eligible individuals to the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court; Utilizing applications and referrals under the expanded definition of “gravely disabled” pursuant to Senate Bill 43, including coordination with designated County LPS-authorized clinicians and receiving hospitals, and establishing protocols, training standards, and documentation practices for outreach staff and officers; Enforcing existing laws, such as public intoxication, drug possession, disorderly conduct, camping in public, trespassing, indecent exposure, and other applicable codes, to address safety concerns and support appropriate intervention when violations occur; Utilizing recent changes made to State law to address repeated theft and drug possession and to create leverage for court-ordered treatment for eligible repeat offenders; Integrating any additional local, county, or state intervention tools and diversion programs identified by City staff as effective in achieving stabilization and preserving public safety; Request City Manager return to City Council with a public reporting strategy for treatment placements, SB 43-related applications submitted, CARE Court data as available, diversion placements, and felony drug possession arrests. This report must document systemic barriers to treatment and disaggregate outreach data to differentiate between the acceptance of basic survival supplies and the refusal of other services, treatment, and housing. The report should utilize the past year’s data as a baseline; and Request City Manager to include in the 90-day return any necessary City Council actions recommended to fully implement the CORE Strategy.       Office or Department: Kristina Duggan, Councilmember, Third District; Cindy Allen, Councilwoman, Second District; Daryl Supernaw, Councilman, Fourth District         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] JUST BE SO HAPPY AND I'M HOPING PEOPLE WILL HANG IN THERE. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, MS. BLA. UH, I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. UH, LET'S TAKE IT TO A VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, THAT COMPLETES THAT ITEM. ITEM 30, COMMUNICATION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER DUGE. COUNCILMAN ALLEN, COUNCILMAN SUBINA. RECOMMENDATION TO REQUEST CITY MANAGER IN COORDINATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY, CITY PROSECUTOR, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TO DRAFT AND RETURN WITHIN 90 DAYS WITH THE CORE STRATEGY REQUEST, CITY MANAGER TO RETURN WITH A PUBLIC REPORTING STRATEGY FOR TREATMENT PLACEMENTS. SB 43 RELATED APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED CARE COURT DATA AS AVAILABLE DIVERSION PLACEMENTS AND FELONY DRUG POSSESSION ARRESTS AND REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO INCLUDE IN THE 90 DAY RETURN ANY NECESSARY CITY COUNSEL ACTIONS RECOMMENDED TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE CORE [03:05:01] STRATEGY. GREAT, THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND, UH, CUSTOMER NUGGET. GREAT. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I JUST WANNA START BY THANKING CITY STAFF FOR DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM. WE'VE WORKED HARD TRYING TO INCLUDE, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS IN THIS ITEM. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN AND COUNCILMAN SONO FOR JOINING ME ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, MY TEAM AND I ENGAGE WITH MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING COUNTY STREET OUTREACH, CLINICIANS, MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN OUR JAIL SYSTEMS AND PSYCHOLOGISTS THAT WORK IN THIS SPACE. THIS ITEM BUILDS ON THE CITY'S DECEMBER 23RD, 2025 RESPONSE ME MEMO AND ASKS FOR A 90 DAY RETURN WITH A CORE STRATEGY, STRATEGY, COMPASSIONATE OUTREACH RESPONSE, AND ENFORCEMENT CORE STRATEGY THAT GIVES LONG BEACH A CLEAR FRAMEWORK FOR THE MOST SEVERE RECURRING CASES IN PUBLIC SPACE. WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE ARE IN CRISIS AND WANDERING INTO THE STREET. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE SO CONSUMED BY ADDICTION, THAT THEY'RE DECLINING SHELTER AND SERVICES, DECLINING NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE, AND DISPLAYING THREATENING AND UNSAFE BEHAVIOR THAT IS IMPACTING PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR CITY. THIS IS NOT A POLICY ON HOMELESSNESS. THIS IS A POLICY ABOUT BEHAVIOR AND GETTING PEOPLE IN CRISIS, THE HELP THAT THEY NEED TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROPOSAL KEEPS VOLUNTEER ENGAGEMENT AS OUR FOUNDATION, BUT THIS ITEM SERVES TO ADDRESS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT ALONE IS NOT PRODUCING STABILIZATION. SLIDE TWO. LONG BEACH HAS INVESTED HEAVILY IN OUTREACH, CRISIS RESPONSE HOUSING, AND NON-LAW ENFORCEMENT MODELS THAT WORK MATTERS AND IT NEEDS TO CONTINUE. WHAT THIS ITEM RECOGNIZES IS THAT SOME INDIVIDUALS ARE STILL CYCLING THROUGH REPEATED EMERGENCY CALLS WITHOUT STABILIZATION. WE SEE PEOPLE WANDERING INTO TRAFFIC DUE TO UNTREATED PSYCHOSIS. WE SEE PEOPLE DECLINING NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE WHILE DETERIORATING IN PLAIN VIEW. IN THOSE CASES, DOING NOTHING IS NOT NEUTRAL. IT LEAVES THE PERSON IN DANGER AND LEAVES THE COMMUNITY DEALING WITH THE CONSEQUENCE. NEXT SLIDE. THE CORE STRATEGY ASKS THE CITY TEAMS TO COME BACK WITH A SEVERITY BASED FRAMEWORK. IT STARTS WITH VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT. IT MOVES TO CARE COURT WHEN THE NARROW CRITERIA FIT. IT INCLUDES PSYCHIATRIC HOLDS WHEN LE WHEN LEGAL THRESHOLDS ARE MET. AND FINALLY, IT USES ENFORCEMENT AND DIVERSION WHEN CIVIL INTERVENTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, BUT THE LAW IS STILL BEING VIOLATED. THIS IS ABOUT PUTTING THE TOOLS THE CITY ALREADY HAS INTO ONE STRUCTURE. SO DEPARTMENTS ARE NOT OPERATING IN SEPARATE LANES. THIS ITEM DOES NOT REPLACE OUTREACH. IT BUILDS ON THE TEAM'S LONG BEACH ALREADY RELIES ON. THAT INCLUDES OUTREACH TEAMS, THE MOBILE ACCESS CENTER, THE MAC COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE, REACH, THE MET TEAM OR MENTAL EVALUATION TEAM, AND QUALITY OF LIFE TEAMS. THESE TEAMS ARE ALREADY IN THE FIELD AND SHOULD REMAIN THE FIRST RESPONSE WHERE VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT IS APPROPRIATE. WE STILL WANT ENGAGEMENT, DEESCALATION, AND CONNECTION TO SERVICES, BUT CURRENTLY THESE OUTREACH TEAMS RELY ON MOSTLY VOLUNTARY ENGAGEMENT. WHEN HELP IS DECLINED AND THERE ISN'T ANY IMMEDIATE DANGER, CITY TEAMS DISENGAGE. WHAT CHANGES WITH THIS PROPOSAL IS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE A CLEAR NEXT STEP IMPLEMENTING THE RECENT CHANGES TO STATE LAW WHEN REPEATED ENGAGEMENT IS NOT LEADING TO STABILIZATION CARE. COURT CARE COURT IS JUST ONE TOOL. THE CARE ACT CAME FIR CAME FIRST ONLINE JANUARY 1ST, 2023, THAT SERVING A NARROW DIAGNOSIS OF PEOPLE WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA. SB 27, THE CARE REFERRAL PATHWAY, EXPANDED CARE COURT ELIGIBILITY TO INCLUDE BIPOLAR ONE DISORDER WITH PSYCHOTIC FEATURES BEGINNING JANUARY ONE OF THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WE, CHALLENGES WE'VE HEARD FROM OUTREACH TEAMS IS THAT FIELD OBSERVATIONS CAN BECOME BURDENSOME AND TAKE A LOT OF [03:10:01] TIME. OUR OUTREACH TEAMS NEED TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUAL AND THEN TY WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEN TYPICALLY EITHER COORDINATE WITH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST OR FIND OUT IF THE PERSON HAS BEEN HELD ON 2 50, 2 50 HOLDS, WHICH ARE 14 DAY INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC HOLDS WITH THE MOST RECENT BEING WITHIN 60 DAYS. CARE COURT ALSO EXCLUDES PSYCHOSIS RELATED TO CURRENT INTOXICATION, SO DIAGNOSES CAN BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IN THE FIELD. LASTLY, CARE COURT CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO COMPLY WITH TREATMENT. SO IF AN INDIVIDUAL IS DECLINING SERVICES ON THE STREET, THE CHANCES OF THEM FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH SERVICES IN CARE COURT ARE VERY LOW. EARLY LOS ANGELES COUNTY NUMBERS MAKE CLEAR IT IS STILL NOT OPERATING AT THE SCALE OF THE BROADER STREET CRISIS. WE KNOW THAT CARE CANNOT BE THE CITY'S ONLY ANSWER, BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR TEAMS KNOW HOW TO USE THIS RESOURCE AS IT CONTINUES TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND EVOLVE. SB 43 SENATE BILL 43 IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHANGES REFLECTED IN THIS ITEM. SB 43 TOOK EFFECT IN LOS ANGELES ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. FOR DECADES, GRAVELY DISABLED WAS LIMITED TO PEOPLE WHO WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN FOOD, CLOTHING, AND SHELTER. SB 43 BROADEN THAT STANDARD BY EXPLICITLY INCORPORATING SEVERE SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND BY ALSO RECOGNIZING PEOPLE WHO ARE UNABLE TO MAINTAIN THEIR PERSONAL SAFETY OR OBTAIN NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE. THAT MATTERS BECAUSE PEOPLE WITH CO-OCCURRING MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER ARE NOW MORE CLEARLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK WHERE PREVIOUSLY MANY OF THOSE CASES DID NOT FIT THE NARROW STANDARD AND WERE OFTEN RELEASED AFTER EVALUATION. WITHIN OUR JU JURISDICTION. PEACE OFFICERS ARE THE ONLY CITY EMPLOYEES WHO CAN INITIATE A 51 50 HOLD, WHICH IS A 72 HOUR DETENTION FOR MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION. COUNTY DESIGNATED CLINICIANS ARE ALSO ABLE TO INITIAL HOLDS, SO WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THEM WHEN POSSIBLE, BUT THEY ARE NOT CITY STAFF. OUR TEAMS HAVE TO DOCUMENT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SEEING IN THE FIELD, WHETHER SOMEONE IS UNKNOWINGLY WALKING INTO THE STREET, DECLINING NECESSARY MEDICAL HELP, OR SHOWING CLEAR SIGNS THAT THEY CANNOT PROTECT THEIR OWN SAFETY IN THOSE MOMENTS. USING THIS AUTHORITY CORRECTLY CAN SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. EVEN A 72 HOUR HOLD CAN SAVE SOMEONE'S LIFE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNTY CLINICIANS, WE HEARD THAT THE QUALITY OF THE REPORT WRITTEN CAN IMPACT WHETHER A RECEIVING HOSPITAL CONTINUES WITH THE HOLD. WE WANNA MAKE SURE OUR TEAMS KNOW WHEN TO USE THIS TOOL AND MAKE SURE OUR OFFICERS ARE TRAINED UP ON WHAT RECEIVING HOSPITALS ARE LOOKING FOR TO SUPPORT THEIR EVALUATIONS. FINALLY, ENFORCEMENT IS NOT THE STARTING POINT HERE, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY HAS TO BE ON THE TABLE. IT'S A RESPONSE PATHWAY. WHEN CIVIL THRESHOLDS ARE NOT MET AND THE LAW IS BEING VIOLATED AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, WE ALREADY HAVE DIVERSION INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SHOULD BE PART OF THIS FRAMEWORK. PROGRAMS LIKE PAD OR PRIORITY ACCESS, DIVERSION PATH, PROMISING ADULTS, TOMORROW'S HOPE, HOMELESS COURT AND OTHER PROSECUTOR LED DIVERSION EFFORTS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO SERVICES INSTEAD OF CYCLING THEM THROUGH THE SYSTEM AGAIN AND AGAIN. SB 27 ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES THAT TOOK EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026 BY STREAMLINING THE PROCESS FOR CRIMINAL COURTS TO REFER ELIGIBLE DEFENDANTS INTO THE CARE COURT PROCESS. THAT MATTERS BECAUSE COURT INVOLVEMENT, UH, INVOLVEMENT IS A PATHWAY TO TREATMENT RATHER THAN TO INCARCERATION. THOSE PROGRAMS SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH CORE SO THAT ENFORCEMENT IS TIED TO A REAL OFF RAMP INTO TREATMENT AND SUPPORT. LASTLY, THE ITEM ALSO POINTS TO NEWER STATE LEVERAGE ON REPEAT DRUG POSSESSION. PROPOSITION 36 APPROVED BY VOTERS IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, CREATED TREATMENT MANDATED FELONY OPTION FOR CERTAIN ELIGIBLE REPEAT DRUG POSSESSION CASES. IN THE CITY'S DECEMBER 23 MEMO, THE PROSECUTOR NOTED THAT AFTER PROP 36 PASSED, ACCEPTANCE OF A DIVERSION [03:15:01] INCREASE FROM 1% TO 15%. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT SHIFT AND A REAL STEP FORWARD IN GETTING MORE PEOPLE CONNECTED TO TREATMENT. THAT IS NOT THE FIRST TOOL. IT IS ONE OF THE LATER TOOLS WHEN SOMEONE IS NOT MEDICALLY INCAPACITATED, CIVIL INTERVENTION IS UNAVAILABLE AND DANGEROUS DRUGS ARE STILL INVOLVED. THE GOAL HERE IS NOT ENFORCEMENT FOR ITS OWN SAKE. THE GOAL IS TO CONNECT ENFORCEMENT TO TREATMENT PATHWAYS WHEN OTHER OPTIONS HAVEN'T WORKED. THE STATE IS INVESTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH PROPOSITION ONE, THROUGH PROP ONE AND RELATED FUNDING ROUNDS. MORE THAN $1.3 BILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED ACROSS LOS ANGELES COUNTY TO NONPROFITS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO EXPAND TREATMENT CAPACITY. THAT MEANS NEW BEDS, NEW FACILITIES, AND MORE PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO GO WHEN THEY'RE READY OR WHEN INTERVENTION IS NECESSARY. LONG BEACH DID NOT RECEIVE DIRECT FUNDING IN THE FIRST TWO ROUNDS, BUT WE ARE PART OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CONTINUUM AND THAT INVESTMENT WILL STILL IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS. CAPACITY IS INCREASING ACROSS THE REGION BECAUSE OF PROP ONE FUNDING. THE KEY POINT HERE IS TIMING AND READINESS. AS THOSE BEDS COME ONLINE, THE CITY NEEDS TO BE PREPARED TO CONNECT PEOPLE TO THEM. THAT MEANS REFINING OUR OUTREACH APPROACH AND USING THE FULL SET OF TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE, INCLUDING CARE COURT, SB 43, DIVERSION PROGRAMS AND ENFORCEMENT. WHEN APPROPRIATE, IF THE SYSTEM IS EXPANDING, BUT OUR LOCAL RESPONSE DOESN'T ADAPT, WE MISS THE OPPORTUNITY. THIS ITEM IS ABOUT ALIGNING OUR OUTREACH AND INTERVENTION STRATEGY WITH THE CAPACITY THAT IS COMING ONLINE. IN CLOSING, MY ITEM ASKS FOR A 90 DAY RETURN WITH THREE ELEMENTS. NUMBER ONE, A SEVERITY BASED CORE STRATEGY THAT ALIGNS OUTREACH CARE COURT, SB 43, DIVERSION AND ENFORCEMENT INTO ONE CITYWIDE FRAMEWORK. TWO, A PUBLIC REPORTING STRATEGY THAT TRACKS TREATMENT PLACEMENTS. SB 43 APPLICATIONS CARE DATA AS AVAILABLE DIVERSION PLACEMENTS, FELONY DRUG POSSESSION ARRESTS, AND THE BARRIERS THAT KEEP PEOPLE FROM GETTING TREATMENT. IT ALSO ASKS THE CITY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN ACCEPTING SURVIVAL SUPPLIES AND ACCEPTING ACTUAL TREATMENT, HOUSING, OR SERVICES. LASTLY, I IT ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO COME BACK WITH COUNCIL ACTIONS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS STRATEGY TO GET PEOPLE IN CRISIS THE HELP THAT THEY NEED. LONG BEACH SHOULD KEEP LEADING WITH COMPASSION, BUT IT SHOULD ALSO ACT WITH CLARITY WHEN SOMEONE IS NO LONGER ABLE TO KEEP THEMSELVES SAFE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORT. I'M INCLUDING THIS LAST SLIDE BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ON WHO TO CALL IN THESE SITUATIONS SO PEOPLE CAN GET THE HELP WHEN THEY NEED IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN. UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK, UH, SAY A THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN FOR ASKING ME TO SIGN ON AND JUST HER LEADERSHIP, UM, ON THIS. AND THEN ALSO ALL THE, UH, STAFF TIME THAT HAS ALSO WENT INTO THIS. UM, I KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, UH, FOR OUR CITY ESPECIALLY, UM, AS WE THINK ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE, UM, FOR OUR BUSINESSES, OUR RESIDENTS, UM, AS WELL AS, UM, ALL OF OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS. AND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, UH, I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT LONG BEACH HAS MADE SOME REAL INVESTMENTS IN OUTREACH AND SERVICES AND JUST ALTERNATIVES TO TRADITIONAL, UH, ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK THAT WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, UM, BY THE, BY THE CITY, UM, SHOULD CONTINUE, UH, TO BE A FOUNDATION OF HOW WE RESPOND. UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, WE'RE ALSO CLEARLY HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITIES THAT THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THE CURRENT APPROACH IS JUST NOT ENOUGH. AND WE'RE SEEING INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH SEVERE MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES OR SUBSTANCE USE WHO ARE REPEATEDLY CONTACTED BY OUTREACH TEAMS AND WHO CONTINUE TO DECLINE SERVICES. AND AT THE SAME TIME, SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND BUSINESSES, CORRIDORS ARE EXPERIENCING ONGOING, UH, QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS. THIS CREATES A CYCLE WHERE THE [03:20:01] SAME INDIVIDUALS REPEAT WITHOUT ANY IMPROVEMENT, AND BOTH THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE COMMUNITY ARE LEFT WITHOUT ANY REAL SOLUTIONS. I THINK THAT THIS ITEM IS REALLY ABOUT ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE USING ALL THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO USE WHEN SOMEONE IS CL CLEARLY UNABLE TO HELP THEMSELVES OR IS IN A, IN A SITUATION WHERE THEIR HEALTH OR THEIR SAFETY IS AT RISK. THIS INCLUDES STRENGTHENING PATHWAYS TO CARE, WHETHER THROUGH CARE COURT, EXPANDED DEFINITIONS UNDER STATE LAW OR JUST, UM, BETTER COORDINATION, UM, WITH OUR PARTNERS. AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND OUR BUSINESS CORRIDORS ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ONGOING CHRONIC QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES WITHOUT A CLEAR PATHWAY FORWARD. IT'S NOT ABOUT SHIFTING AWAY FROM COMPASSION, BUT IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT IN SOME CASES, REAL COMPASSION MEANS HELPING SOMEONE ACCESS CARE EVEN WHEN THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT IT ON THEIR OWN. IT'S ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC SPACES REMAIN SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE. I APPRECIATE THIS FRAMEWORK, BUT IT'S FOCUSED ON BEING THOUGHTFUL AND TARGETED AND THAT IT BUILDS ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, UM, RATHER THAN REPLACING IT, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING THIS ITEM FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN BETTER ALIGN OUR RESPONSE, IMPROVE OUR OUTCOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS, AND IMPROVE, UH, THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL SIM, UH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UH, FIRST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN AND HER STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS ITEMING FORWARD AND FOR ASKING ME TO SIGN ON. ALSO, THANKS TO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CINDY ALLEN FOR BOTH SIGNING ONTO THIS AND SIGNING ONTO MY ITEM FOUR YEARS AGO ON CARE COURT IN, UH, QUITE AN IRONIC TWIST. UM, I BROUGHT THE ITEM FORWARD ON MARCH 15TH, 2022, AND THE SIGNERS ON THAT ITEM WERE DISTRICTS TWO, THREE, AND FOUR. UM, I DIDN'T HAVE TOTAL RECALL OF WHAT I SAID THAT NIGHT, BUT THANK GOODNESS AI DOES. SO I GOOGLED THAT TODAY. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, SUPERAL, LONG BEACH CITY COUNCIL CARE COURT SAYS LONG BEACH DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL MEMBER DARRELL SUBINA WAS AN EARLY AND VOCAL SUPPORTER OF THE CARE COURT FRAMEWORK, INTRODUCING THE MOTION, UH, FOR THE CITY TO BACK GOVERNOR NUISANCES PROPOSAL IN MARCH, 2022. HE VIEWS THE PROGRAM AS A PARADIGM SHIFT NECESSARY TO ADDRESS THE INTERSECTION OF HOMELESSNESS, SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS AND ADDICTION. YOU KNOW, IN LIFE, WE DON'T OFTEN GET TWO BITES TO THE APPLE, BUT I SEE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR TONIGHT. UM, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, THE FACT THAT, UM, COUNCILMAN UH, DUGGAN BROUGHT THIS FORWARD AND WE DIDN'T REALLY CO COLLABORATE ON THIS, BUT, UH, NOW WE HAVE THIS, UH, MEETING OF THE MINDS. UM, I WOULD ASK MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS TONIGHT AS THEY DID FOUR YEARS AGO. THAT VOTE FOUR YEARS AGO WAS EIGHT ZERO. IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE THAT NIGHT. AND, UH, LOOKING, LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE SAME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CUSTOMER SORROW. YES. UH, THANK YOU, UM, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN AND COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN FOR SIGNING ON. I DO REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH RESEARCH AND CONVERSATION YOU'VE HAD WITH SO MANY PEOPLE INVOLVED WITH THIS SYSTEM. I THINK THAT I, I AM SURE YOU FOUND THAT IT'S A VERY, IT'S BEEN A COMPLICATED PROCESS IN FIGURING OUT HOW DO WE THREAD, UH, LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE, UH, SERVICES AS WELL AS LEGISLATION. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT ONGOINGLY IN HOW ARE WE ALSO PROVIDING PREVENTATIVE SERVICES SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET TO A POINT OF CRISIS AS WELL, PARTICULARLY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE. AND SO I DO, UM, WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT ENFORCEMENT CERTAINLY ISN'T THE ONLY SOLUTION, BUT THAT IT CAN'T BE THE SOLUTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, BEHAVIORAL CRISIS AS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE FIRST AND FOREMOST, AND NOT A CRIMINAL ONE. UM, AND I, AND I, AND I AM HARDENED TO HEAR THAT IT IS THE FOUNDATION OF WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM WITH ALL OF THIS. AND AT THE SAME TIME, I ALSO HEAR FROM MY RESIDENT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO ALSO WITNESS PEOPLE VISIBLY DISTRESS AND ALSO AT A PLACE WHERE THEY ARE IN A CRISIS [03:25:01] AND ALSO PUTTING THEMSELF IN DANGER AND ALSO OTHERS, UM, WHEN THEY ARE WANDERING IN, IN TRAFFIC AREAS. AND SO I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A PROCESS AS WHERE WE'RE EXPLORING, GIVEN OUR CHALLENGES AROUND FUNDING AND HOW DO WE CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION, WHICH IS WHAT I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO. I HAVE SOME JUST GENERAL QUESTION, NOT JUST TARGETED AT YOU COUNCILWOMAN, BUT JUST MORE AROUND HOW MUCH OF A CHALLENGE IT IS AROUND WHERE DO WE BEGIN, UM, AND WHAT SYSTEMS CAN WE LOOK AT, UM, AS FAR AS IMPROVING. SO FIRST, WHAT FUNDING IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT, UH, IN GENERAL COMPONENTS OF THE CORE STRATEGY? UM, ARE WE IDENTIFYING ONGOING FUNDING TO ENSURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE UNFUNDED MANDATE, UM, THAT WE'RE NOT BEING FORCED TO FUND FIND FUNDING FOR AN UNFUNDED MANDATE, AND THEN TO FIND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT REALLY EFFECTIVE, RIGHT? LIKE CARE COURT AS AN EXAMPLE. UM, OR A SYSTEM THAT RELIES TOO HEAVILY ON ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT BUT YET DOESN'T HAVE A FOLLOW THROUGH ON SERVICES THAT ACTUALLY GETS PEOPLE STABILIZED AND BACK ON THEIR FEET. AND IF RESOURCES ARE LIMITED, HOW ARE WE PRIORITIZING THE QUALITY, NOT JUST INVESTMENT, BUT THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES AND THE TREATMENT, UM, AND THE OUTREACH AND THE STABILIZATION THAT ENSURES THAT IT'S NOT A TEMPORARY THING, BUT THAT IT ACTUALLY BECOMES A PROCESS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAINTAIN IT SO THAT THEY DON'T FALL BACK AGAIN. UM, AND THEN JUST IN GENERAL, UM, WHICH IS WHAT I'M REALLY AROUND, IT'S REALLY ABOUT SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AT EVERY STAGE OF ENGAGEMENT SO THAT THEY DON'T RELAPSE, RIGHT? SO, AND THEN ESPECIALLY WELL WHEN OUR ENFORCEMENT TOOL'S HELPFUL, BUT NOT THE ONLY PORT PARTS BEING USED TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING TREATMENT, I THINK IT NEEDS TO KIND OF HAVE A BALANCED APPROACH. UH, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THAT'S WHERE IT'S COMPLICATED. IT'S NOT A ONE SIZE FIT ALL, IT'S NOT A ONE TREATMENT FITS ALL. UH, AND THEN I WILL JUST, I HAVE A LOT MORE, BUT I'LL JUST END ON THAT. AS THIS FRAMEWORK WAS BEING DEVELOPED, WHICH I APPRECIATE YOU'VE CREATED WITH ALL OF THE WORK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE DONE, IS, UM, HOW ARE WE KIND OF CONTINUING TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE AT THE CITY LEVEL? UM, I, UH, I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE, UH, SOBERING CENTERS OR, UM, BEDS IN MY DISTRICT THAT ARE REALLY SMALL UNITS, BUT I ALSO DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PROVIDING MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO SLEEP RATHER THAN WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT ACTUALLY IS REALLY PROVIDING THE, UM, THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO BE STABILIZED AND TO BE HEALTHY, TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THAT PATH OF STAY GETTING OUT, STAYING OUT OF THAT CYCLE OF CRISIS. SO I, I'M GONNA LEAVE IT AT THAT, BUT I JUST THINK THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITHIN THIS FRAMEWORK TO CONSIDER THE ARRAY OF RESOURCES AND WHERE WE CAN BEGIN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, AND UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. UM, AND I WANNA START BY THANKING, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN INTO COUNCIL MEMBERS ALLEN AND OV FOR THEIR SUPPORT. UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THIS ITEM STRIKES A VITAL AND NECESSARY BALANCE. IT HONORS OUR CORE COMMITMENT TO BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AS A FUNDAMENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, BUT IT ALSO ACKNOWLEDGES A HARD TRUTH THAT OUR RESIDENTS SEE EVERY DAY ON THE STREETS AND IN OUR TRANSIT CORRIDORS. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY OUTLINED WHAT THAT IS AS WELL AS YOU AND I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU, MORE IN ACTION IS NOT NEUTRALITY, IT'S ABANDONMENT. SO WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL REACHES A POINT WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER PROVIDE FOR THEIR BASIC SAFETY, WE HAVE A CIVIC OBLIGATION TO INTERVENE AND SUPPORT. UM, AND THIS FRAMEWORK, I DO BELIEVE IS ALL ABOUT EXECUTION. IT'S ALREADY BEEN RAISED HERE THIS EVENING REGARDING THE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER RESOURCES, UH, TO, SO TO BE ABLE TO RESOURCE THIS KIND OF STRATEGY AND TO IDENTIFY WHAT THAT MIGHT BE AND HOW WE MIGHT IDENTIFY LONGER TERM SOLUTIONS. UM, AS YOU WALK THROUGH, UH, TODAY'S PRESENTATION, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR CLINICAL EXPERTISE AND YOUR NETWORK, UH, TO THIS DAIS TODAY AND TO THIS WORK, UH, TO PROVIDE US WITH A VERY INFORMED AND THOROUGH BACKGROUND ON AN ISSUE THAT IS CONNECTED TO SO MANY OTHERS, BUT WITHIN ITSELF VERY DISTINCT AND AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE, UH, TOOLS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LEAN UPON IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. SO MY FIRST, UH, I WOULD SAY GUIDANCE OR, UM, DIRECTION THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT [03:30:01] THE CITY CON CITY MANAGER CONSIDERS, UM, AS PART OF THIS CORE STRATEGY IS THAT THE CORE STRATEGY CALLS FOR SEVERITY BASED DECISION MAKING FRAMEWORK. I WANNA ENSURE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENT AND EQUITABLE APPLICATION OF THIS ACROSS OUR ENTIRE CITY. SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS FRAMEWORK IS DEFINED, UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS THRESHOLDS AROUND SEVERITY, UM, WHAT TRIGGERS, UM, THE PIVOT FROM VOLUNTARY OUTREACH TO STRUCTURED CIVIL OR CRIMINAL INTERVENTION, AND HOW ARE WE TRAINING OUR PERSONNEL, OUR STAFF MEMBERS, UM, TO MAKE THE JUDGMENT CALL AND TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT'S UNIFORMLY DONE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL CONTINUE CONSIDER AS PART OF THE REPORT BACK. AND THEN FOR THIS EVENING, UM, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE? NO, NOT TODAY. SO TODAY WE, UM, ARE HEARING THE ITEM AND THEN WHEN WE COME BACK WE'LL BRING THE WHOLE TEAM AND BE ABLE TO GO THROUGH ALL THOSE PARTS, INCLUDING OUR CITY PROSECUTORS. BUT, UH, ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY, WE'LL BE SHARING THAT WITH THE PROSECUTOR. SO, UM, AND, UH, THAT CAN BE PART OF THE REPORT. THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE PART OF THE REPORT AND PART OF WHAT WE'RE RELYING ON IS DIVERSION PROGRAMS. AND YOU NAME OFF, UM, A NUMBER OF THEM THAT EVEN OUR CITY PROSECUTOR HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN, LIKE THE PAD PROGRAM, THE PATH PROGRAM, UM, AND HOMELESS COURT. UM, AND CURRENTLY FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, THE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA ON THE PROGRAMS LIKE PAD IS LIMITED, UM, AND SHOWS MAYBE ABOUT AN 83% RETENTION RATE, BUT THE DATA APPEARS TO BE SEVERAL YEARS OLD. UM, AS OF TODAY, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, WE ONLY HAVE DATA THROUGH 2018 AND NOW BEING IN 2026, UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DIVERSION PROGRAMS THE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN, UNDERSTAND THE LONGITUDINAL IMPACT OF THAT WORK FROM 2018 TO MAYBE EVEN 2025. UM, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE GOING TO LEVERAGE NOT ONLY PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY DO BUT WANT TO ADD ON TO THAT, IT'LL BE GREAT TO UNDERSTAND HOW, UM, HAS OUR CITY PROSECUTOR BEEN ABLE TO SHOW LEVELS OF REDUCED RECIDIVISM, LEVELS OF ENGAGEMENT IN, UH, VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND WHAT THE SUCCESS RATE HAS BEEN AMONG PARTICIPANTS WHO ARE IN THOSE DIVERSION PROGRAMS, UH, TO REACH LEVELS OF STABILITY. SO, UM, WITHOUT HAVING THE PROSECUTOR HERE, UM, I WAS WONDERING IF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN, IF YOU MIGHT BE OPEN TO INCLUDING THAT ANALYSIS FROM THE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE AS PART OF THE REPORT BACK WHERE WE GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CURRENT DIVERSION PROGRAMS, THEIR SUCCESS RATES, THE PLACEMENT, THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN INVOLVED, UM, SO THAT WE CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CREATE THIS SYSTEM ALREADY INTERNALLY AND BUILD UPON THAT GOING FORWARD. I WOULD ACCEPT A FRIENDLY FOR INCLUDING DATA ON DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH WITH THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION. YES, I'M, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. COUNCILWOMAN. WONDERFUL. I THINK THAT IT'LL HELP STRENGTHEN YOUR FRAMEWORK HERE, UM, AND PROVIDE US WITH A KEY SET OF INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE LEVERAGE THE SYSTEM, UM, THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN AND COUNCILWOMAN ALLEN AND COUNCILWOMAN SUPER NA FOR THIS ITEM. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT UN THE UNSAFE AND NON-CRIMINAL THREATENING BEHAVIOR MEMO REFLECTS THAT OUR CITY IS DOING SO MUCH TO BEST ADDRESS THIS CU CENTERED ISSUE. SINCE WE CALLED FOR A STATE OF EMERGENCY BACK IN 2023, WE HAVE BUILT A FOUNDATION OF RESOURCES AND PROGRAMS AND TEAMS THAT AL OFFER NEEDED SERVICES AND PATHWAYS TOWARDS PERMANENT HOUSING. UM, WE HAVE DONE GREAT WORK, BUT MORE STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GOAL CONTINUES TO BE A TRUE PATHWAY TO PERMANENT HOUSING AND THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE THE HELP NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO OBTAIN MENTAL HEALTH WELLBEING. THIS ABSOLUTELY SHOULD REMAIN THE FOUNDATION OF OUR WORK HERE IN LONG BEACH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IS TO BE ABLE TO RESPECT THE DIGNITY OF OUR [03:35:01] UNHOUSED RESIDENTS. AND WITH THAT FOUNDATION, WE, WE MUST MOVE FORWARD. THIS ITEM IS TO ADDRESS THE SEVERE INSTANCES DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY. COMPASSION TO ME MEANS HELPING THOSE THAT CANNOT HELP THEMSELVES AS A COUNCIL, WE HAVE TAKEN SEVERAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND ARE WAITING FOR REPORT BACKS. I ALSO KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE WORKING ON A HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. I APPRECIATE SO MUCH THE INTENT BEHIND THIS ITEM AND AGREE THAT THIS WITH THE PREMISE, AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT IS NEXT. THANK YOU VERY COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KIRK? YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. VICE MAYOR. I WANNA THANK COUNCILMAN DUGGAN FOR THIS ITEM, FOR THE VALUES-BASED APPROACH, THE RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONALISM WITH WHICH YOU BROUGHT TO THE TABLE. UM, MY COLLEAGUES HAVE HAD A REALLY RICH CONVERSATION. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT ALL OF IT. UM, BUT THANK YOU ALSO TO COUNCIL MEMBERS, ALAN AND SUPER FOR, FOR BEING ON THE ITEM. UM, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT VALUES AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID IS LIKE, YES, BOTH. AND, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THERE WERE A COUPLE POINTS THAT I THINK THAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TEAM REPORT BACK ON. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID, COUNCIL MEMBER DUGGAN, UM, WAS THAT IF THERE WAS NO DANGER THAT THE CITY DISENGAGES. AND SO, UM, I THINK IT WAS COUNCIL MEMBER THRESH UNTUCK THAT TALKED ABOUT THE TRAINING OF OUR TEAM AND AT WHAT POINT AND HOW WE DEFINE DANGER AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR AND EQUITABLY ASSESSED AND THAT THE APPROPRIATE FOLKS ARE RESPONDING TO IT. UM, ALSO IN NUMBER THREE ON WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MEDICAL HOLDS, UM, THOSE ARE DEEPLY PERSONAL WHEN WE LOOK AT HOLDING SOMEONE, UM, BASED ON AN OUTSIDE JUDGMENT, BUT THEY'RE ALSO IN ADDITION TO THE, TO THAT PIECE OF IT. I AM WOULD BE HERE. I'D BE, IT IS IMPORTANT I THINK, FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RAMIFICATIONS THAT IS TO CITY STAFF. SO IF THERE IS A JUDGMENT CALL MADE IN THE FIELD THAT SOMEONE NEEDS TO BE TAKEN SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY ARE THEN ASSESSED BY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, THAT MEANS THAT PD AND FIRE ARE RESPONDING OFTENTIMES ACCOMPANYING SOMEONE TO THAT PLACE. SO AS WE LOOK AT WHAT THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS ARE OF THIS STRATEGY, UM, IF WE ARE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ACTION, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS FINANCIALLY TO PD AND FIRE ARE, UM, AND THE EXPECTATIONS OF THEM POTENTIALLY BEING TAKEN OUT OF SERVICE FOR A TIME AS THEY WAIT FOR SOMEONE TO BE ADMITTED INTO A SPACE. UH, WE KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN AN ISSUE IN THE PAST. WE KNOW, UM, THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THOSE FACILITIES HERE IN LONG BEACH. IF THEY CAN'T GET TO THE BUCK, UM, THEY'RE TAKEN TO THE SOUTH BAY, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE PERSONNEL OUT OF CITY AND OUT OF SERVICE HERE IN THE CITY. SO ALSO, ALL OF THIS IS BOTH, AND IT ISN'T AN EITHER OR. UM, AND THE APPROACH OF CREATING A MODEL SYSTEM WITHIN OUR TEAM, WITHIN OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH THE COORDINATED EFFORT OF ALL OF THESE CITY DEPARTMENTS WORKING TOGETHER, UM, I THINK IT'S, AGAIN, AS HEALTH DEPARTMENT FUNDING DECREASES AS STATE FUNDING AND FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, CONTINUE TO NOT FLOW HERE OR GET CUT OFF THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME TRAINING AND WORK IT WILL TAKE TO DO THIS IS, IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE REALLY HONEST ABOUT. UM, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PROP ONE MONEY THAT IS REALLY DISAPPOINTING. UM, AND HOW WE WORK WITH OUR STATE PARTNERS. WE'VE PUT TOGETHER SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE MODEL PROGRAMS, UH, THAT WE WANT TO HAVE FUNDED HERE IN THE CITY, AND THAT HASNT HAPPENED. UM, SO AS WE CREATE A MODEL SYSTEM HERE, AND IF EVERYONE IN THIS CITY IS DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE OFF-RAMPS OF CARE DON'T EXIST YET, OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING BUILT. WHERE DO PEOPLE GO, EVEN IF WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, IF THOSE PROGRAMS DON'T EXIST, THOSE BEDS AREN'T AVAILABLE, WHERE DO FOLKS GO? HOW DO WE PROVIDE CARE AT THAT POINT? SO IF WE'RE INCREDIBLY VALUES-BASED APPROACH HERE IN THE CITY, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE REGIONAL SUPPORTS IN ORDER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IF THEY DON'T EXIST HERE. AND I THINK HAVING A REAL ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THOSE ARE WILL BE CRITICAL TO HOW WE CAN EVEN CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT ANYTHING THAT THE CITY BRINGS BACK. UM, AND SO AGAIN, FOR ME, THANK YOU FOR THIS. I THINK IT'S ALL REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY, I THINK WE HAVE TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH OURSELVES [03:40:01] ABOUT OUR CAPACITY FINANCIALLY, OUR CAPACITY WITH THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND THE WAY STAFF IS SPENDING THEIR TIME. AND IF WE CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING, UM, THAT WE ARE GONNA FUND IN NEW WAYS, WHAT AREN'T WE GOING TO FUND ON THE BACKEND? AND SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS STAFF COMES BACK IN THE 90 DAYS, UM, WITH A REALLY RICH CONVERSATION AND A COORDINATED EFFORT AMONGST DEPARTMENTS, I THINK IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE FROM A FINANCIAL SPACE, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY HONEST WITH OURSELVES WITH WHAT CAN WE DO RIGHT NOW AND HOW DO WE ENHANCE PIECES OF THIS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOLUTIONS THAT EXIST, THE NEXT STEPS DOWN THE WAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. YEAH. CUSTOMER, YOU YOU WANT? YEAH, I JUST HAVE ADDITIONAL BRIEF COMMENTS. UM, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE PROP ONE FUNDING THE FACT THAT WE DID NOT GET ROUND ONE OR ROUND TWO AND, UH, LA HAS $1.3 BILLION THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING FOR PUTTING BEDS TOGETHER. AND I DO WANT US TO BE PREPARED IF THERE IS A BED AVAILABLE, EVERY PERSON WHO HAS, UM, WHO'S ON THE STREET, THAT OUR TEAMS CAN LEARN TO WRITE THOSE REPORTS FOR PSYCHIATRIC HOLDS IN A COMPASSIONATE WAY. THEY GET TRAINED TO DO THAT. BUT IF A BED IS AVAILABLE AND WE CAN SAVE A LIFE, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I WANT US TO BE AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON HOUSING. UM, LET'S, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF TIME AND THE COST OF STAFF TIME, BUT THE FACT IS WE NEED TO LOOK AT PEOPLE, PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WHEN THEY ARE UNABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH, AND WE CAN LOOK TO OTHER BEDS AND KNOW WHERE THOSE BEDS ARE, THEY MAY BE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, BUT IF THERE IS A BED AVAILABLE, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW THE PROCESS FOR THESE TEAMS TO GO OUT AND WORK WITH THOSE WHO WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON THEIR OWN. UM, I WANNA GO TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIVATE AGENCIES IN LONG BEACH THAT DIDN'T GET PROP ONE FUNDING, AND THEY ARE HELPING WITH SITUATIONS. SITUATIONS LIKE THIS POLICE AND FIRE ARE ABLE TO DROP OFF FOLKS, IT'S NOT HOMELESS. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP. AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT, UM, MOVING TOWARD. I I'M REALLY GLAD THAT WE'RE GONNA DO A 90 DAY REPORT BACK. WE CAN HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION ON THIS. THIS IS INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED. THESE ARE SERVICES THAT ARE, UM, CURRENTLY IN PLACE. MAYBE NOT BE, THEY'RE TOOLS THAT ARE IN PLACE THAT AREN'T CURRENTLY BEING UTILIZED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT. AND I THINK BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE BEDS ARE, SO LET'S, LET'S, UM, WE'LL WAIT FOR THE 90 DAY, UH, REPORT BACK. I APPRECIATE, UH, WORKING WITH YOU, TOM, ON THIS. I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A BIG ASK, BUT THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY WITH, WITH HAVING THIS HELP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS LAND THEM FOR, UH, FOR THE COMMENT. UH, MADAM CLERK, YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE NAMES. LUNA IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER AND THEN FB, GARY AND MICHAEL, IF YOU CAN LINE UP WITH THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. HI. UM, I AM HERE TODAY AND I, UM, PROBABLY REALLY CAN'T AFFORD THE TIME TO BE HERE. I SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR IMMEDIATE FINANCIAL OR HOUSING ASSISTANCE. I, UM, HAVE LIVED IN LONG BEACH ABOUT 10 YEARS COMING FROM SAN FRANCISCO, WHERE I GOT MY DEGREE C*M LA AND ETHNIC STUDIES. IT'S, UM, THE ONLY COLLEGE IN THE COUNTRY THAT, UH, OF ETHNIC STUDIES, WHICH WAS FOUGHT IN THE SIXTIES, UM, THROUGH THE THIRD WORLD. LIBERATION AT LONG BEACH USED TO REMIND ME OF SAN FRANCISCO. UM, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF WHEN THEY THINK OF SAN FRANCISCO, RIGHT? THE SMALL BUSINESS, THE RAINBOW COLORED STREETS. BUT NOW IT REMINDS ME MORE OF THE CURRENT, UM, SITUATION OR SETTING THERE OF THIS RAMPANT GENTRIFICATION. AND, UM, I AM SOMEBODY WHO, UH, HAS NAVIGATED OR NOT NAVIGATED ACTUALLY THESE, ALL OF THESE RESOURCES I HAVE NAVIGATED THESE SMART, [03:45:01] SOBER, UH, EMPLOYED. DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET INTO THESE PLACES? LIKE I HAD, I GOT, I GOT LUCKY. I HAD A FRIEND OF A FRIEND WHO HAD A HUSBAND IN THE LOS ANGELES HOUSING AUTHORITY. OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE HERE. PROBABLY THESE WOMEN ARE GONNA DIE BEFORE THEY GET INTO THESE WOMEN'S SHELTERS. AND THESE ARE WOMEN'S SHELTERS THAT I DONATED TO WHEN I LIVED IN HIGH RISES. HERE. THIS IS VERY, VERY F*****G PERSONAL, SORRY. LIKE IT'S, I, MY KNEES ARE CURRENT, SO I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES, RIGHT? MY KNEES AND MY COLLAR BLOWN IS FRACTURED. AND I HAVE BURNS ON MY KNEES FROM BEING, TRYING, BEING ALMOST ATTEMPTED ASSAULT ROBBERY THE OTHER DAY OUTSIDE OF MY PLACE. I AM LIKE, THERE'S A SPECIFIC, THERE'S THERE'S SO MUCH TRAUMA. YES, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. LIKE, YES, WHAT IS THIS REPORT GONNA DO? SHOW US THE DATA. LIKE, UM, OKAY, YES, THAT'S GREAT, BUT I MEAN, THE TR THERE NEEDS TO BE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. IS THERE GONNA BE A FORUM? IS THERE GONNA BE LIKE ANYBODY THAT'S ACTUALLY TRIED TO NAVIGATE THESE THINGS? BECAUSE LOOK, I PULLED, I, I DIDN'T GET FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ANYWHERE FOR THE HOUSING THAT I HAVE NOW, AND THAT'S JUST WHAT IT IS. I KNEW I, I WAS GONNA, I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE PLACES THAT DID HELP ME, AND I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES TO BE HERE TO TELL YOU THIS STORY TODAY TO TO BE ANGRY, RIGHT? THAT'S A GIFT. UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT, I JUST HOPE THAT, UM, I CAN KEEP, KEEP BEING HERE TO EVEN, EVEN BOTHER YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW? UM, THIS IS THE SEVERITY OF IT IS, IS LIKE, YES, IT'S, IT'S LIVES. AND, UM, SORRY. UM, YEAH, I JUST, THE, ALL OF THESE PROGRAMS, LIKE THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE PAD, THE PET, THE, WELL THE PET I KNOW, OR WHAT IS IT MET ARE LIKE YOU GUYS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER DEPARTMENTS. MA YOUR TIMES CONCLUDED, YES, THAT'S FINE. THESE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, IF THERE'S SO MUCH BUREAUCRACY, YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED AWARENESS AND THEN ALSO HIRE MORE PEOPLE TO HELP. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I WANNA EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED CORE STRATEGY. WHILE THE PROPOSAL IS FRAMED AS COMPASSIONATE, IT SIGNIFICANTLY EXPANDS AND ENFORCEMENT INVOLUNTARY INTERVENTION AND COURT INVOLVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL ILLNESS, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. THIS, THIS RAISES IMPORTANT LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND FISCAL CONCERNS. FIRST, THE INCREASED RE RELIANCE ON ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPING, TRESPASSING, AND RELATED LAW RISKS VIOLATING CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS. COURTS, INCLUDING IN MARTIN V CITY OF BOISE, HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT PUNISHING INDIVIDUALS FOR SLEEPING IN PUBLIC WHEN NO ADEQUATE ALTERNATIVES EXIST MAY CONSTITUTE CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT. YOU'RE TAKING US BACK TO THE GILDED AGES. DUGGAN. UH, WHERE ARE WE AT? EXPANDING ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT GUARANTEEING ACCESSIBLE SHELTERS EXPOSES THE CITY TO LEGAL LIABILITY. SECOND, THE PROPOSAL'S RELIANCE ON EXPANDED INVOLUNTARY HOLDS UNDER SENATE BILL 43 AND THE LATTER MEN, UH, PET PETRUS SHORE ACT RAISES DUE PROCESS CONCERNS, BROADENING THE DEFINITION OF GRAVELY DISABLED, AND ENCOURAGING MORE AGGRESSIVE DOCUMENTATION TO SUPPORT DETENTION RISKS, DEPRIVING INDIVIDUALS OF LIBERTY WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SAFEGUARDS. MENTAL HEALTH CARE SHOULD BE DRIVEN BY CLINICAL NEED. YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT DUGGAN AND CONSENT NOT ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES. THIRD, THE ISSUE OF CITATIONS, ARREST AND COURT INVOLVEMENT AS LEVERAGE FOR TREATMENT BLURS THE LINE BETWEEN CARE AND COERCION. YOU'RE BASICALLY TRIGGERING PEOPLE INTO THESE UNREAL, UNRELIABLE SOURCES THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING US TODAY. THANK YOU FOR NOT DOING YOUR JOB. UH, LET'S SEE HERE. FOR, FROM A FISCAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS APPROACH RISKS LOCATING PUBLIC RESOURCES, OUR RESOURCES, ENFORCEMENT LED STRATEGIES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EXPENSIVE THAN HOUSING AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES AND OFTEN CREATE AN REVOLVING CYCLE OF ARREST. YOU JUST SAW THE YOUNG LADY HERE THAT WALKED BY AND SAID WHAT SHE NEEDED TO SAY TO YOU, YOUR S**T DOESN'T WORK. GET IT TOGETHER. I [03:50:01] DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME. BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN START LOOKING AT HOUSING AS A FIRST APPROACH WITH PERMANENT LOW BARRIER HOUSING, EXPANSION OF VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY-BASED MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE, UH, USE SERVICES. COMPASSION MUST NOT COMPASSION MUST NOT BE DEFINED BY LAW QUICKLY. WE CAN REMOVE PEOPLE FROM PUBLIC VIEW BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE THEM. THE ONLY MENTAL ILLNESS I SEE IN THIS ROOM IS WHITE SUPREMACY AND WHITE PRIVILEGE. HAVE A NICE NIGHT. FREE PALESTINE NEXT. THANK YOU, SPEAKER. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL. I'M A, UM, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE. HELLO, MEGAN. UM, I TOO OPPOSE THIS RECOMMENDATION AS A, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBER. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT TONIGHT AND YOU'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK AND IT LOOKS, SOUNDS LIKE 90 DAYS, BUT IT FEELS TO ME LIKE, UH, THIS RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU ALL APPROVE IT, NINE OH, WHICH IS USUALLY HOW THIS GOES, UM, IT SIGNALS THE END OF THE CONTINUITY OF CARE, UH, THAT CAME OUT OF THE, UM, 2023 STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. UM, MARY, THIS REALLY WOULD ONLY ADD ENFORCEMENT TO THE CORE. SO INSTEAD OF COMPASSIONATE OUTREACH RESPONSE ENFORCEMENT, I HEARD TODAY THE ONLY THING ADDED TO ANY OF THIS IS ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT, ENFORCEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT. I KNOW THAT HOMELESSNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A HUGE ISSUE FOR OUR CITY. AND I KNOW THAT OUR CITY FEELS ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF WAYS ABOUT IT. SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE CASUALLY MENTIONED THE WAY TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IS WITH A MATCH AND A CAN OF GAS. SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A HUGE DIVERSITY OF IDEAS ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WHAT ITS CAUSES ARE, BUT HOUSING IS USUALLY THE FIRST THING THAT HELPS THESE SITUATIONS. AND WHAT I SEE AS DEVELOPERS GETTING JUST WHATEVER THEY WANT IN THIS CITY TO BUILD AND BUILD AND BUILD MORE HOUSING THAT NO ONE CAN AFFORD OR NONE OF US CAN AFFORD. SO IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE IT, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAYS TO GET TO ENFORCE AND INCARCERATE AND DETAIN AND ARREST PEOPLE INC. CITE THEM. YOU CITE SB 43 LOOSENING UP, WHO GETS TO BE ENFORCED AGAINST YOU. TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE ELSE MENTIONED, IF THERE AREN'T ENOUGH BEDS, YOU CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE INTO SHELTER. YOU GUYS GET TO DO THAT A LITTLE MORE NOW BECAUSE OF THE SUPREME COURT CASE, WHATEVER IT WAS, GRANT'S PAST SUPREME COURT CASE, YOU TALK IN THIS RECOMMENDATION ABOUT ENFORCING, UH, EXISTING, YOU KNOW, POSSESSION AND INTOXICATION, UH, LAWS. THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP DRUG USE, BUT IT'S GONNA PENALIZE AND TREAT IN A PUNITIVE WAY PEOPLE WHO ARE THE STRUGGLING THE MOST IN OUR CITY. SO WHAT I SEE HERE IS A WAY THAT IS GONNA GIVE YOU EXCUSES TO FURTHER, UH, FUND OUR BLOATED PD. AND I'LL LEAVE WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, TRYING TO HELP WITH MORE ENFORCEMENT. AND I THINK OF BRANDON BOYD, WHO OUR LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT KILLED, WHO WAS HAVING A MENTAL BREAK IN FRONT OF HIS CHURCH, AND HE WAS MET WITH RIOT GEAR COPS AND FLASH BANGS, AND THEN DEATH MURDERED BY OUR OWN COPS. THAT, THANK YOU. OH, YOU THINK IS THAT COMPLETELY LIST? YEAH, THERE'S ONE LAST SPEAKER. GRAY. IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE. POLL COMMENT IS CLOSED. THANK, THANK YOU. UH, ONE FINAL COMMENT THAT I HAVE IS THAT IN 2018, I BROUGHT FORWARD A, UH, MOTION TO ADOPT A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER HERE FROM LONG BEACH. AND IT WAS THE FIRST ONE OF ITS KIND HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO ALSO IN YOUR STUDY WHEN YOU MOVE FORWARD, TO INCLUDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTERS AS PART OF THE SOLUTION. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST ALSO CONSIDERING COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AND [13. 26-54583 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP HE-25-595 and award a contract to LeSar Development Consultants, of San Diego, CA, to support the completion of the Homelessness Strategic Plan Update, a data-driven plan that will guide the City’s strategic approach in addressing homelessness, in an annual amount of $265,000, authorize a 13 percent contingency in the amount of $34,450, for a total annual contract amount not to exceed $299,450, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for four additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary subsequent amendments. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Health and Human Services         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] CONVERTING THAT INTO A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER. WE MIGHT WANNA REVISIT, UH, THAT, THAT ONE AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? HEARING DONE, [03:55:01] MS. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NEXT ITEM. ITEM 13, REPORT FROM HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD A CONTRACT TO LIST A R DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE FOR A TOTAL ANNUAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $299,450 AND EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT CITYWIDE. OKAY, THIS HAS A STAFF PRESENTATION. YES, WE DO HAVE A SHORT STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO SAVANNAH UDAR FROM OUR, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO GIVE THE PRESENTATION. AWESOME. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SAVANNAH UDAR AND I AM A HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIP SPECIALIST WITH THE OFFICE OF HOMELESS STRATEGY AND PARTNERSHIPS IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. TONIGHT'S ITEM REQUESTS THE ADOPTION OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS E 25 5 95, AND THE CONTRACT AWARD TO LAZAR DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS TO SUPPORT THE FULL COMPLETION OF THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WILL PROVIDE A FIVE YEAR ROADMAP TO GUIDE THE CITY'S APPROACH TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS WITH SOLUTIONS CUSTOMIZED TO OUR SPECIFIC LOCAL LONG BEACH CONTEXT AND COMMUNITY NEEDS. THE CITY'S LAST HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN WAS RELEASED IN 2018, TITLED EVERYONE HOME LONG BEACH. THE EVERYONE HOME LONG BEACH TASK FORCE DEVELOPED RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. SINCE 2018, THE CITY HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ON THE RECOMMENDED STRATEGIES, BUT AN UPDATE IS NEEDED TO BETTER ADDRESS THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. TO KICKSTART THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN, UPDATE, THE CITY LAUNCHED PHASE ONE IN COLLABORATION WITH CITY FABRIC, A LOCAL NON-PROFIT DESIGN AND PLANNING FIRM. FROM FEBRUARY, 2024 TO FEBRUARY, 2025, THE CITY PRIORITIZED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT ENGAGING MORE THAN 1200 STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, HOMELESS SERVICES PROVIDERS, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, PEOPLE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WHO ARE NOW STABLY HOUSED OR SHELTERED. TO ENSURE THAT PHASE ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WAS COMMUNITY INFORMED. WE CONDUCTED EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING 13 LISTENING SESSIONS AND ROUND TABLES, A MULTILINGUAL PUBLIC SURVEY WITH DEDICATED STREET CANVASSING EFFORTS TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE CAPTURING THE DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS. THE INSIGHTS FROM THESE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES WERE SUMMARIZED AND RELEASED IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT IN JULY, 2025. EFFECTIVELY CONCLUDING PHASE ONE OF THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE. THIS REPORT SERVES AS A CRITICAL FOUNDATION FOR INFORMING THE CITY'S UPDATED STRATEGY BY CAPTURING DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES WITHIN LONG BEACH, IDENTIFYING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND HIGHLIGHTING KEY CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. AS WE ENTER INTO THE EARLY STAGES OF PHASE TWO OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THE CITY IS EAGER TO FOCUS IN ON AN ANALYSIS OF OUR OWN HOMELESS SERVICES DATA. THIS ANALYSIS COMBINED WITH INSIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT WILL YIELD A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE THAT IS INFORMED BY THE PERSPECTIVE OF LONG BEACH RESIDENTS HOUSED AND UNHOUSED, AND THE REALITIES OF OUR SERVICE SYSTEM. TAKING THESE UNIQUE FEATURES INTO ACCOUNT WILL HELP PRODUCE A TAILORED, REFRESHED FIVE-YEAR ROADMAP FOR THE CITY TO STRATEGICALLY ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, ALLOWING US TO BETTER FOCUS OUR RESOURCES ON PRIORITIES THAT ARE INFORMED BY COMMUNITY AND DATA. SOME OF THE MAJOR ACTIVITIES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN PHASE TWO ARE ON THE SCREEN ABOVE, BUT WILL HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM. UM, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ONES BEING PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS DATA MODELING, WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA-DRIVEN PREDICTIVE MODEL TO ASSESS THE CURRENT HOMELESSNESS LANDSCAPE AND FORECAST FUTURE TRENDS BASED ON THE EXISTING LEVEL OF RESOURCES. WE'LL ALSO PRODUCE A SECONDARY MODEL TO SIMULATE HOW STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS, SUCH AS INCREASED SHELTER CAPACITY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND MORE, COULD SHIFT HOMELESSNESS OUTCOMES. THIS PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS MODEL WILL ESSENTIALLY QUANTIFY THE TOTAL DEMAND ON OUR HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM, ALLOWING US TO IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC SUPPLY OF RESOURCES NEEDED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS HOMELESSNESS INTO THE FUTURE. THE SECOND MAJOR ACTIVITY IS SYSTEMS MAPPING, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE USER JOURNEY FOR INDIVIDUALS NAVIGATING OUR HOMELESS SERVICES SYSTEM. THE SYSTEM MAP WILL HELP US IDENTIFY PAIN POINTS WHERE POTENTIAL BARRIERS OR DELAYS MAY BE PRESENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE MAP WILL OUTLINE COMPLEX ECOSYSTEM OF STAKEHOLDERS ILLUSTRATING THE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SERVICE PROVIDERS, GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS. WE ALSO SCOPED BUDGET LANDSCAPE [04:00:01] AND PREDICTIONS INTO PHASE TWO, WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON THE CITY'S CURRENT HOMELESSNESS BUDGET, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND A THOROUGH ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS STEMMING FROM THE FLUCTUATIONS IN LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING ALLOCATIONS. LASTLY, PHASE TWO WILL CONCLUDE WITH THE FULL AND FINAL UPDATE TO THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN, INCORPORATING INSIGHTS FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT, THE DATA ANALYSIS CONDUCTED IN PHASE TWO AND OTHER RELEVANT CITY PLANNING DOCUMENTS. THE PLAN WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT OUTLINES SPECIFIC ACTIONS TO ACCOMPLISH THE RECOMMENDATIONS LISTED IN OUR PLAN. WE ANTICIPATE THE PLAN WILL BE RELEASED IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR, ALLOWING FOR A FULL YEAR OF DATA ANALYSIS, ADDITIONAL DATA GATHERING IF NEEDED, AND FURTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. THE FINAL PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE HOMELESS SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE CONTINUUM OF CARE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. THIS TIMELINE IS PRELIMINARY AND IT WILL BE FINALIZED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AWARDED CONSULTANT. AND ONCE ALL PROJECT MILESTONES AND A COMPLETION DATE ARE ESTABLISHED, WE WILL POST THAT INFORMATION ONLINE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT NOTE IS ALTHOUGH WE FOCUS SOLELY ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN PHASE ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE, THERE WILL STILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS THROUGHOUT PHASE TWO. WE WILL PUBLICIZE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND MAINTAIN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH YOUR COUNCIL OFFICES TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY STAYS CONNECTED TO OUR PLANNING PROCESSES TO COMPLETE THESE ACTIVITIES. THE CITY ISSUED AN RFP ON AUGUST 20TH, 2025, AND IT CLOSED ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025. AND THE EVALUATION PANEL REVIEWED 12 APPLICATIONS AND DETERMINED THAT AZAR DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED FIRM TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES LISTED IN THE SCOPE OF WORK. AZAR HAS A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF STRATEGIC PLANNING ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HAVING SPEARHEADED THE HOMELESSNESS ACTION PLANS FOR BOTH VENTURA AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES. LAZAR ALSO AUTHORED THE HOUSING BLUEPRINT FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY, A STRATEGIC GUIDE TO HELP THE COUNTY ADDRESS THE HOUSING CRISIS. THIS EXTENSIVE FOOTPRINT PROVIDES LR WITH A NUANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE CRITICAL NEXUS BETWEEN HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS. AND THE SLATED PROJECT TEAM ALSO BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE SPECIFICALLY WITHIN LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS LANDSCAPE. THE EVALUATION PANEL SELECTED LAZAR AS THEIR TOP CHOICE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN MUNICIPAL PLANNING EFFORTS ACROSS BOTH HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS AND EXPERIENCE TRANSLATING DATA-DRIVEN INSIGHTS INTO ACTIONABLE LOCAL STRATEGIES. BY EFFECTIVELY BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN COMPLEX DATA ANALYTICS AND LOCAL OPERATIONAL REALITIES, AZAR CONSISTENTLY HELPS MUNICIPALITIES ACHIEVE THEIR TARGET OUTCOMES. THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT WILL NOT EXCEED $299,450 INCLUSIVE OF A 13% CONTINGENCY. PHASE TWO OF THE HOMELESSNESS STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE WILL BE FUNDED USING LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S MEASURE A DOLLARS, AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S HOMELESS HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND PREVENTION GRANT, BETTER KNOWN AS HAP. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT BOTH FUNDING STREAMS PROVIDE ALLOCATIONS FOR ESSENTIAL PLANNING ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING REGIONAL COORDINATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AS WELL. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. RIGHT? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ? YES, THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR. UM, SO I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR TODAY'S PRESENTATION AND LOOKING FORWARD, UH, TO BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE, UH, LA COUNTY MEASURE A AND STATE HEP DOLLARS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM. UH, YOU NOTED THAT THIS, THE ORIGINAL REPORT WAS RELEASED IN 2018, AND THERE CERTAINLY HAVE BEEN SOME SHIFTS IN OUR MARKET CONDITIONS AS WELL AS IN THE LANDSCAPE OF HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, UH, ACROSS THE REGION, BUT CERTAINLY HERE IN LONG BEACH AS WELL. UM, I WOULD SAY THAT I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE DETAILS. UH, WHEN YOU COME BACK, UH, TO THE PREDICTIVE SYSTEMS DATA MODELING. I THINK IT'D BE GREAT FOR THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, HOW IS THAT UTILIZED AND HOW CAN THAT HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THOSE WHO ARE IN CRISIS, UM, BUT REALLY CREATE A MORE PROACTIVE STRATEGY WITH THAT, UH, KIND OF SYSTEM. AND THEN, UM, AS I WAS LOOKING AT THE LIST OF ACTIVITIES, I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS COMPLETELY COMPREHENSIVE. I KNOW IT IS. I KNOW IT IS. AND THEN I STARTED THINKING ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT I THINK WE MIGHT CONSIDER, UM, AND YOU MAY HAVE THEIR SCOPE DONE ALREADY, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO DO SOME ECOSYSTEM MAPPING OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT CAN ASSIST US WITH THIS WORK. AND SO THAT MAY INCLUDE CONDUCTING SOME OR HAVING RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CAPACITY BUILDING, UH, DOLLARS TO SUPPORT ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN HELPING TO DELIVER PORTIONS OF THIS WORK. SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE AREA THAT [04:05:01] I WOULD WANT TO ADD TO THE SCOPE THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR ABILITY TO DO SO. LUCKILY, WE DO HAVE THAT SCOPED OUT, SO IT IS UNDER OUR SYSTEMS MAPPING. OKAY. SO THE SYSTEMS MAPPING IS KIND OF TWO PARTS. UM, THE FIRST PART IS BECAUSE YOU, YEAH, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT SPECIFICALLY AS WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE AS A USER WITHIN THE SYSTEM. YES. AND THE SECOND PART OF THE SYSTEMS MAPPING IS ESSENTIALLY MAPPING OUT ALL OF THE LO ALL OF THE PLAYERS WITHIN OUR HOMELESS SERVICE SYSTEM. SO THAT IS EXACT EXACTLY LINES UP WITH WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. AND THEN WHAT I'D BE INTERESTED IN IS NOT JUST WHO IS IN THERE, BUT IDENTIFYING A FRAMEWORK FOR, UH, UNDERSTANDING THEIR CAPACITY LEVEL. MM-HMM . SO, UM, A MAPPING OF THE KINDS OF SYSTEMS THAT ARE IN PLACE WITHIN THOSE ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WE CAN MEASURE UP AGAINST TO BEST, UH, BE ABLE TO TELL IF HOW THOSE ORGANIZATIONS ARE FARING, UH, FROM A CAPACITY STANDPOINT. UM, AND THEN WE ARE VERY HOPEFUL AND WE'VE SEEN THAT THE CITY HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF THIS, BUT WE DON'T WANT THIS PLAN TO SIT ON THE SHELF. UM, AND SO OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS IS AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN, UM, THAT WILL KEEP US ON TRACK FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, TACKLE THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE SECONDARY, THE MOTION IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. UH, THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK, UH, COUNCILMAN THRESH AND TOOK TALKED, UM, REALLY ELOQUENTLY ABOUT WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT NOW. AND I THINK WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT THE LANDSCAPE WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, UM, THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE, THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE, UH, THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE VASTLY DIFFERENT NOW. AND SO THERE COULDN'T BE A MORE PERFECT TIME FOR US TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THE NEXT, UH, FIVE YEARS BASED IN THE REALITY OF, NUMBER ONE, THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE, UM, THE CAPACITY THAT WE'VE BUILT, THE HOUSING THAT WE'VE BUILT, HOW THAT HAS ALL COME TOGETHER, UM, BUT WHAT THE PROSPECTS LOOK LIKE IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AS THE FUNDING LANDSCAPE SCAPE CONTINUES TO CHANGE. UM, SO AGAIN, I LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK AHEAD. I I AM SO PROUD OF THE WORK IN THE WAY THAT IT WAS GATHERED, TAKING COMMUNITY INPUT OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE, UM, TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE WAYS WE NEED TO DO THIS BETTER, UM, AND MORE INCLUSIVELY MOVING FORWARD. SO, UH, HAPPY TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE, UH, TWO POLL SPEAKERS, RENEE AND EZ AND ENO RENEE. IS RENEE PRESENT? NO. OKAY. ENO, STEP UP. SO AS, UM, AS EVERYBODY, AS YOU JUST HEARD, EVERYONE JUST PATTED THEMSELVES ON THE BACK, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHY THIS IS ACTUALLY A TERRIBLE THING. SO IF YOU READ IT, JUST ONE WORD MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO THIS WOULD BE, UM, $299,000. SO LET'S JUST SAY $300,000 FOR ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FOUR ADDITIONAL YEARS. SO THAT'S FIVE YEARS TOTAL. THAT MEANS THAT THIS, WE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT, A POTENTIAL CONTRACT 'CAUSE IT'S AN OPTION FOR $1.5 MILLION TO DO A PLAN, A REPORT, A STUDY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT. AND WE WENT THROUGH 12, THEY WENT THROUGH 12 COMPANIES. AND AGAIN, NO SURPRISE, THE COMPANY THAT WAS CHOSEN WAS A COMPANY THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE INTELLIGENT PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW THAT NO ONE, I MEAN, NO ONE IS MANAGING HOMELESS PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY. SO WHAT BAR TO QUALIFY TO DILUTE THE 12 TO ONE, WHICH IS THIS COMPANY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY USED BECAUSE I CAN GUARANTEE THAT ALL FOUR OF THEM SUCK BECAUSE WHO IS EFFECTIVELY MANAGING HOMELESS? TELL ME. THINK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN DID YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY FIVE FACETS TO HOMELESS AND EVERYONE ONLY TALKS ABOUT ONE FACET? SO LET ME RUN YOU THROUGH THE FIVE FACETS. THE NUMBER ONE IS THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT HOMELESS, BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO. THE SECOND IS THEY JUST BECAME [04:10:01] HOMELESS. THE THIRD IS WHAT ALL THE MONEY GOES TO. THESE ARE HOMELESS, THE FOURTH OR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TRANSITIONED OUT OF HOMELESS. AND THEN THE FIFTH ARE, LET'S KEEP THOSE PEOPLE THAT TRANSITIONED OUT. LET'S KEEP 'EM HOUSED. SO NO ONE TALKS ABOUT THE SECOND ONE, THE PEOPLE THAT JUST BECAME HOMELESS, THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO TURN TO, WHO TO LOOK TOWARDS. AND YOU CAN DO THE RESEARCH, BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT IS COMING. IT IS AFFECTING THE SILVER TSUNAMI. IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD THOSE WORDS, THAT MEANS SENIOR HOMELESSNESS. YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OUR SENIORS. AND THERE'S A BUNCH OF THEM THEY CAN'T AFFORD AND THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE HOMELESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING. GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU. [31. 26-54601 Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. R-7216 and award contracts to Addison-Miller, Inc., of Orange, CA, Bitech Construction Co., Inc., of Buena Park, CA, and EBS General Engineering, Inc., of Corona, CA, for as-needed curb ramp and related improvements, in a total aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contracts, including any necessary amendments; and Accept Categorical Exemption CE-25-114 and find the project exempt from CEQA under State CEQA Guidelines Categorical Exemption, Section 15301(Existing Facilities), and Section 15302 (Replace or Reconstruction). (Citywide)       Office or Department: Public Works         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THANK YOU. UH, SEE NO OTHER COMMENT. GO FOR A VOTE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GO TO THE NEXT ITEM. ITEM 31, PLEASE REPORT FROM PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARD CONTRACTS TO ADDISON MILLER, BI CONSTRUCTION AND EBS GENERAL ENGINEERING FOR AS NEEDED CURB, RAMP AND RELATED IMPROVEMENTS IN A TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT, NOT TO EXCEED 50 MILLION, EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ENTER INTO THE CONTRACT AND ACCEPT CATEGOR CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION AND FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM CQA CITYWIDE COUNCIL MEMBER. SO MAKING THE MOTION, I SUPPORT THE ITEM. M THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SECONDARY, THE COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. I SUPPORT THE ITEM. OKAY. ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. ROGELIO, TURN OUT THIS ITEM. LIO. THANK YOU. SO AS YOU COME TO MORE OF THESE, YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT ALL OF THE BIG TICKET ITEMS ARE PUT AT THE VERY END. AND THAT'S PURPOSE. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY BY DESIGN BECAUSE IF YOU NOTICE THE PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY THINNED OUT IN THE ROOM AND MOST OF YOU'RE PROBABLY TIRED AND PROBABLY HAVE GONE TO BED 'CAUSE YOU'VE GOT WORK TOMORROW. SO THIS IS A TICKET ITEM IN THE TUNE OF $50 MILLION. I'LL REPEAT THAT. THIS TICKET ITEM IS FOR $50 MILLION. AND HERE'S THE CRAZY THING. TYPICALLY CQA IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT ALLOWS TIME, TIME TO EFFECTIVELY DO AN ERA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. BUT IN THIS CASE, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING IS LET'S BYPASS THAT. LET'S CIRCUMVENT THAT, LET'S EXPEDITE THE PROCESS. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY WANNA AWARD THIS MONEY. LIKE RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN, IT'S BEING AWARDED TO TWO COMPANIES WON IN ORANGE AND WIN IN POINT OF PARK. NEITHER OF THEM ARE LONG BEACH PACE. SO WE'RE LITERALLY NOT EVEN KEEPING $50 MILLION IN OUR CITY. WE'RE GONNA GIVE IT AWAY TO TWO CITIES, AT LEAST TWO COMPANIES IN TWO ADDITIONAL CITIES. AND THIS IS FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TWO MORE YEARS. SO $50 MILLION, BUT FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS. SO 100 MILLION. AND THEN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT'S ABOUT. SO LITERALLY IT'S, IT'S FOR THE WORK CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF CONSTRUCTING, REPAIRING, REMOVING, AND OR REPLACING CURB RAMPS, SIDEWALKS, DRIVEWAYS, ALLEY ENTRANCES, CURBS, GUTTERS, MEDIANS, MASONRY, RETAINING WALLS, AND OTHER CONCRETE IMPROVEMENTS AND SO ON. SO MEANING WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, SO EARLIER YOU HEARD THEM DISCUSS THAT THEY WENT THROUGH 12, A LIST OF 12 [04:15:01] TO IDENTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE GONNA DO THE STUDY FOR HOMELESS. DID YOU HEAR THEM TALK ABOUT A LIST OF, OF COMPANIES THAT APPLIED AND ON THAT LIST, HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE FROM LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA? SO IN, SO NO ONE IN LONG BEACH KNOWS HOW TO DO CURBS. NO ONE IN LONG BEACH KNOWS HOW TO DO ANY OF THIS STUFF THAT I JUST READ. IT'S ALL BASIC STUFF. OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED A LICENSED CONTRACTOR TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WORK, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT THE PEOPLE OF LONG BEACH CAN DEFINITELY EXECUTE THIS WORK FOR A, A TUNE OF 100 MILLION. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. CAN FURTHER SPEAKERS VOTE? UH, EXCUSE ME, VICE MAYOR, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT NEEDS TWO VOTES AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE CA EXEMPTION FIRST. OKAY, THANK YOU. FIRST VOTE. [32. 26-54597 Recommendation to declare ordinance amending Long Beach Municipal Code (LBMC) Section 5.92.030, Section 8.68.160, Section 8.68.170 and adding Division XIII to Chapter 5.92 (Adult Use Cannabis Business and Activities); all relating to the regulation of cannabis special events, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading; and       Office or Department: City Manager; City Attorney         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] MOTION IS CARRIED ON THE FIRST VOTE. THANK YOU. SECOND VOTE PLEASE. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NEXT ITEM, ITEM 32, PLEASE REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDATION TO DECLARE ORDINANCE AMENDING LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE, ALL RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS. READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION SETTING 12 AS THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO EACH CANNABIS EVENT ORGANIZER PER YEAR CITYWIDE. THANK YOU. THIS HAS A STAFF PRESENTATION. YES, WE HAVE VALENCIA ROMERO FROM A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. GIVE A QUICK PRESENTATION. HI, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YEAH. ITEM 32 ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS A FIRST READING OF THE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE. ALONG WITH THE COMPANION RESOLUTION, I WILL BE PROVIDING A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. UM, HOWEVER, I WILL LIKE TO START OFF WITH THE QUICK REFRESHER TO SHOW HOW FAR ALONG WE'VE COME ALONG WITH THIS PROJECT. ON AUGUST 6TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED STAFF TO CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON HOSTING CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS IN LONG BEACH AND RETURN WITH THE PRESENTATION WITHIN 60 DAYS. STAFF BROUGHT FORWARD A PRESENTATION ON OCTOBER 22ND OF THAT YEAR ON THE PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY STUDY FINDINGS, INCLUDING AN OVERVIEW OF THE STATE REGULATIONS BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER CITIES, COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS, VIRTUAL ROUND TABLE DISCUSSIONS, POTENTIAL COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPACTS, POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, AND NEXT STEPS. A COPY OF THIS PRESENTATION IS FOUND WITH AN ATTACHMENT A OF TONIGHT'S STAFF REPORT. A COMPREHENSIVE MEMO WITH THE FULL FEASIBILITY STUDY FINDINGS WAS RELEASED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON JANUARY 23RD, 2025. THE INTENT OF THIS MEMO WAS TO PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION AS A COLLECTIVE BODY AND DIRECT STAFF ON DESIRED NEXT STEPS. SUBSEQUENTLY, ON APRIL 15TH, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED STAFF TO PREPARE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 5.92 AND CHAPTER 8.6 X OF THE, OF THE LBMC, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OUR ADULT USE CANNABIS ORDINANCE AND SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE RESPECTFULLY FOLLOWING THE COMPLETION OF THE MEET AND CONFER PROCESS WITH IMPACTED LABOR GROUPS. AS PART OF THIS REQUEST, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED STAFF TO ADD AN AN TO ADD AN EQUITY PLAN REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS AND LIMIT THE NUMBER OF CANNABIS EVENTS TO 12 PER YEAR PER PERSON BUSINESS AND OR EVENT ORGANIZER. NOW THIS BRINGS US TO TONIGHT'S FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO ADD DIVISION DIVISION 13 TO CHAPTER 5.92, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY ADDING AN OPERATING CONDITION SECTION FOR CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS AND UPDATING THE EXISTING DEFINITION SECTION OF THIS CHAPTER. UM, ESSENTIALLY ADDING TWO NEW DEFINITIONS. THE FIRST RATING ALSO INCLUDES AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 8.68, UH, TO EXEMPT CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS FROM THE PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. FOR THE DURATION OF EVENT, THE COMPANION RESOLUTION TO TONIGHT'S FIRST READING IS TO SET THE NUMBER OF MA THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO AN EVENT ORGANIZER PER YEAR. AS BRIEFLY NOTED EARLIER, BEFORE STAFF COULD RETURN TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THE PROPO, THE MEETING CONFER PROCESS WITH IMPACTED LABOR GROUPS HAD TO TAKE PLACE FIRST. THE CITY WAS REQUIRED TO MEET PROMPTLY ANY GOOD FAITH UPON THE REQUEST OF ANY IMPACT EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION TO DISCUSS FOR FORESEEABLE IMPACTS FROM A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE. ALL IMPACTED EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOTIFIED ON AUGUST 4TH, 2025 OF THE CITY'S INTENTS TO AUTHORIZE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS. THESE EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATIONS INCLUDED THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHIN MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS LONG BEACH MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND THE LONG BEACH POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. [04:20:01] CONCERNS OF POTENTIAL POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO CANNABIS SMOKE WERE ADDRESSED BY DE DELINEATING WHERE STAFF WOULD BE PHYSICALLY LOCATED IN PROXIMITY TO ANY CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AREA, AS WELL AS ENSURING THE PROPER PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL STAFF. THE MEETING CONFER PROCESS WAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED OUT AS OF JANUARY 27TH OF THIS YEAR. NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO THE HEART OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE LANGUAGE AND COMPANION RESOLUTION. WE ARE PROPOSING TO OUR TO AMEND OUR EXISTING CANNABIS ORDINANCE DEFINITION SECTION TO ADD TWO DEFINITION, THE FIRST OF WHICH BEING THE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER, WHICH IS A PERSON WHO IS AUTHORIZED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL, ALSO KNOWN AS DCC FOR SHORT TO HOLD THE CANNABIS EVENT CAN. THE SECOND DEFINITION IS A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT VENDOR, WHICH IS A DISPENSARY OR RETAILER. THEY'RE ONE IN THE SAME. I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE TEND TO USE THE TERMS INTERCHANGEABLY, UM, LICENSED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. I ALSO WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO NOTE THAT THE CANNABIS RETAILER LICENSES ARE CAPPED AT 40 IN OUR CITY. 32 WERE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED BY WAY OF A LOTTERY PROCESS AND EIGHT, BY WAY OF A COMPETITIVE PROPOSAL PROCESS EXCLUSIVELY TO EQUITY BUSINESSES. I AM VERY PROUD TO SHARE THAT WE ARE N WE NOW HAVE TWO LICENSED EQUITY RETAILERS IN THE CITY WITH THE REMAINING SIX EXPECTED TO OPEN LA LATER THIS YEAR. THE PROPOSED DIVISION 13 TO CHAPTER 5.92, ALSO KNOWN AGAIN AS THE OPERATING CONDITIONS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, REQUIRES AN EVENT ORGANIZER TO APPLY FOR ONE OF THE FOLLOWING. IF THE EVENT IS TO TAKE PLACE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. AND AS MENTIONED IN OUR PREVIOUS FEASIBILITY STUDY, WE ARE PROPOSING TO UTILIZE THE EXISTING SPECIAL EVENT PERMITTING PROCESS AS IT IS, AS IT IS AN ESTABLISHED PROCESS PROCESS THAT INCLUDES DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY. IF THE EVENT IS TO TAKE PLACE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND MORE SPECIFICALLY AT THE PLACE OF BUSINESS, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR AN OCCASIONAL EVENT PERMIT, ALSO KNOWN AS AN OEP. THIS IS ALSO AN EXISTING PERMITTING PROCESS. IN ADDITION TO ONE OF THE ABOVE, THE EVENT ORGANIZER MUST ALSO OBTAIN A CANNABIS EVENT ORGANIZER LICENSE AND A TEMPORARY CANNABIS EVENT LICENSE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES A SECTION TITLE COMPLIANCE STIPULATING THAT CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS MAY BE PERMITTED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS, INCLUDING THE DCC REGULATIONS. AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, THE DCC REGULATIONS DEFINE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS AS MULTI-DAY EVENTS RANGING FROM ONE TO FOUR DAYS WHERE CANNABIS CAN BE CONS CAN BE SOLD AND CONSUMED. THESE EVENTS MAY ONLY BE ATTENDED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE 21 AND OLDER. CANNABIS GOODS MAY ONLY BE SOLD BY A LICENSED CANNABIS RETAILER LICENSE. LASTLY, CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS MAY ONLY BE HELD AT A COUNTY FAIR EVENT DISTRICT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION EVENT, OR SPECIFIC TO US AT ANOTHER VENUE EXPRESSLY APPROVED BY THE LOCAL JURISDICTION. THINK OF THIS AS A CITY HAVING AN ULTIMATE VIDEO VIDEO AUTHORITY ON DECIDING TO HAVE AN A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT IN OUR CITY. NOW YOU'LL FIND IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE DOES NOT DESIGNATE A LIST OF SPECIFIC VENUES OR SITES FOR CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS. AND THIS IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE EXISTING SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTING PROCESS UNDER THE EXISTING PROCESS. COMMON SPECIAL EVENT VENUES INCLUDE THE QUEEN MARY MARINA GREEN PARK, RAINBOW LAGOON, SHORELINE PARK, LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, AND THE LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER, WHICH IS COMING SOON. I DO WANNA HEAVILY EMPHASIZE THAT THE VENUE OR SITE APPROVAL IS NOT GUARANTEED AND WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER'S ABILITY TO MEET LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO IS THAT THE SMOKE IS THAT SMOKING OF CANNABIS GOODS CANNOT TAKE PLACE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF A SCHOOL DAYCARE CENTER OR YOUTH CENTER WHILE CHILDREN ARE PRESENT AND WHERE SMOKING TOBACCO IS PROHIBITED. I DO WANNA NOTE THAT STAFF IS MOSTLY ANTICIPATING LARGE SCALE EVENTS, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT BASED ON OUR RESEARCH AND CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE HOSTED CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF OAKLAND, SACRAMENTO, AND SAN FRANCISCO. ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT THE EVENT ORGANIZER WANTS TO HOST AN EVENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY AT THEIR PACE OF BUSINESS, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR AN OCCASIONAL EVENT PERMIT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AN OEP CANNOT BE ISSUED TO A PRIVATE RESIDENCE SHOULD ANY OF THE OF THE EVENT AFFECT PUBLIC PROPERTY. UH, A COUPLE EXAMPLES INCLUDE ATTENDINGS SIGNING UP ON THE SIDEWALK IMPACTS TO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKING, THEN THE EVENT ORGANIZER MUST APPLY FOR A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT. IN OTHER WORDS, BASED ON THE NATURE AND STYLE OF THESE EVENTS, WE'RE MOST LIKELY LOOKING AT AUTHORIZING THEM UNDER A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT UNDER INSTEAD OF AN OEP. THOUGH IN ANY CASE, WE ARE REFERRING TO THE OEP PROCESS IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE JUST TO GIVE US SOME EXTRA COVERAGE AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST APRIL, WE'VE INCLUDED A SECTION ON IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRING A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER TO SUBMIT AN EQUITY PLAN AS PART OF THEIR PERMIT APPLICATION. THE PLAN MUST OUTLINE HOW THE ORGANIZER WILL SUPPORT [04:25:01] VERIFIED EQUITY APPLICANTS AND BUSINESSES. SUPPORT STRATEGIES MAY INCLUDE OFFERING REDUCE EVENT VENDOR FEES, EXHIBITOR FEES, BOOTH FEES, AND SPONSOR FEES, SHOWCASING CANNABIS PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED BY VERIFIED EQUITY BUSINESSES, ALLOCATING VENDOR SPACES FOR LICENSED EQUITY DISPENSARIES OR RETAILERS, AND OR PROVIDE MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES DURING EVENT DAY. THE LOCAL RETAILER REQUIREMENTS OF THIS, OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT ALL SALES OF CANNABIS GOODS AT A SPEC A A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT SHALL ONLY BE CONDUCTED BY A CANNABIS RETAILER LICENSED IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. IN OTHER WORDS, WE WILL NOT ALLOW LICENSED RETAILERS LICENSE IN A DIFFERENT JURISDICTION TO CONDUCT SALES OF CANNABIS GOODS AT THESE EVENTS. CANNABIS RETAILERS WHO PARTICIPATE AS VENDORS MUST REPORT ALL SALES FROM CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS AS PART OF THEIR REGULAR QUARTERLY GROSS RECEIPTS AND REPORTING AND REMIT REMIT TO THE CITY. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER COULD BE IN AN OUTSIDE ENTITY, NOT LOCAL TO LONG BEACH, BUT THE VENDORS WHO ARE SELECTED TO CONDUCT THE SALES CANNABIS GOOD AT THE SPECIAL EVENT MUST HAVE A CANNABIS RETAIL LICENSE IN LONG BEACH. THIS IS INTENDED TO SUPPORT LOCAL CANNABIS RETAILERS THROUGH NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPAND THEIR CONSUMER BASE TO CONS TO CUSTOMERS WHO MAY NOT OTHERWISE PURCHASE THEIR CANNABIS GOODS IN LONG BEACH. THE PROPOSED DIVISION 13 OF CHAPTER 5.92 INCLUDES A TEMPORARY WAIVER OF THE CITY'S SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES. ORDINANCE UNDER CHAPTER 8.68 FOR THE DURATION OF THE EVENT, CHAPTER 8.68, CURRENTLY PROHIBITS THE SMOKING OF TOBACCO OR ANY OTHER WEED OR PLANT IN PUBLIC PLACES AND IN PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. AS PART OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA ITEM, WE ARE AMENDING CHAPTER 8.68 TO INCLUDE A TEMPORARY WAIVER LANGUAGE, UH, AS REFLECTED IN THE PROPOSED DIVISION 13 OF 5.92. YOU. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WILL REQUIRE CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS TO PROMOTE RESPONSIBLE CANNABIS CONSUMPTION AND SAFE ALTERNATIVES TO DRIVING, INCLUDING RIDE SHARE OPTIONS AND OTHER OR DESIGNATED DRIVERS. THIS INFORMATION SHALL BE POSTED DIGITALLY IN ADVANCE OF THE EVENT TAKING PLACE AS WELL AS PRINTED SIGNAGE DURING EVENT DAY. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE STIPULATES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION AT ITS DISCRETION TO DESIGNATE THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS THAT THAT MAY BE ISSUED TO EACH CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER EACH YEAR. BASED ON THE DIRECTION PROVIDED BY THE CITY COUNCIL LAST APRIL, STAFF HAS PREPARED A COMPANION RESOLUTION DESIGNATING 12 AS A MAXIMUM NUMBER PER SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER. THIS IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE, TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY SHOULD THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDE IN THE FUTURE TO EITHER DECREASE OR INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MAXIMUM, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PERMITS FOR SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER PER YEAR. LASTLY, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CITES THE EXISTING ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTY AUTHORITY OUTLINED IN CHAPTER 5.92 AND CHAPTER 5.60, WHICH IS THE CITY'S SPECIAL EVENT ORDINANCE. IN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING AUTHORITY, WE ARE ADDING LANGUAGE TO REQUIRE CANNABIS SALES OR CONCEPTION TO CEASE AT ANY TIME DURING THE EVENT TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY AND SAFEGUARD COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE AND CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO EXPEL AN EVENT PARTICIPANT IF THEY ARE FOUND SELLING CANNABIS GOODS IN A MANNER INCONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE STATE OR CITY LAWS AND REGULATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. I, ALONG WITH DEPUTY CITY, CITY ATTORNEY ELLIE BEN SHAMU, ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. UH, SIDNEY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN, WE IN THE MOTION? ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU, UH, VICE MAYOR AND, UM, THANK YOU, UH, TO THE STAFF. I KNOW, UH, THIS TOOK A LOT OF WORK TO GET US WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. UM, I WANNA THANK COUNCILWOMAN ZENDEJAS AND VICE MAYOR URANGA, UH, FOR SUPPORTING THIS EFFORT. WHEN IT FIRST CAME, UM, TO A COUNCIL LAST YEAR, UM, THIS ORDINANCE REFLECTS OVER A YEAR'S WORTH OF WORK FROM THE INITIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AROUND TABLES. AND AS YOU JUST HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION, TO A FULL ON MEET AND CONFER PROCESS WITH OUR LABOR PARTNERS LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE WORKER SAFETY AND AND ADDRESS, UH, ANY IMPACTS. LONG BEACH HAS A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN OTHER MAJOR CALIFORNIA CITIES AND HOSTING CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS THAT ARE SAFE, REGULATED AND BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND OUR RESIDENTS. AND AS WE GROW OUR ECONOMIC BASE THROUGH MAJOR PROJECTS LIKE THE AMPHITHEATER, WE MUST STAY CREATIVE IN HOW WE POSITION LONG BEACH AS A DYNAMIC DESTINATION. SO HOSTING CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, DOES EXACTLY THAT. IT CREATES NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR TOURISM WHILE UPLIFTING OUR LOCAL CANNABIS BUSINESSES AND FOSTERING A MORE INCLUSIVE [04:30:01] AND REGULATED MARKETPLACE. ALL CANNABIS CELLS MUST BE CONDUCTED BY RETAILERS LICENSED RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH, ENSURING THAT THE ECONOMIC BENE BENEFIT ALSO STAYS RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND, UM, AND AS WE SAW, THESE EVENTS ARE VERY CAREFULLY REGULATED. THEY REQUIRE BOTH LOCAL PERMITS AND STATE LICENSING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL AND ARE LIMITED IN DURATION AND ATTENDANCE TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE AND WELL MANAGED. I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THE ORDINANCE INCLUDES CLEAR GUARDRAILS, LIKE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF EVENTS PER ORGANIZER WHILE STILL ALLOWING FLEXIBILITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO REVISIT AND ADJUST THE PROGRAM OVER TIME AS NEEDED OR IF NEEDED. UH, HOSTING THESE EVENTS IS NOT JUST ABOUT A CELEBRATION, IT'S ALSO ABOUT EDUCATION AND HELPING DESTIGMATIZE CANNABIS THROUGH RESPONSIBLE PROGRAMMING AND STRONG PARTNERSHIP WHILE SUPPORTING PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGING AND INFORM USE BY PERMITTING AND REGULATING THESE EVENTS. WE ARE CREATING A SAFE, STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT THAT ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH BOTH LOCAL AND STATE REGULATIONS. AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE OFFICE OF THE OVERSIGHT TEAM, UM, FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK. AND YOU SAID THAT THERE ARE TWO, UH, EQUITY BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW OPERATING? THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE ONE THAT OPENED EARLY THIS JANUARY, UM, IS AN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. UH, THE OTHER ONE IS LICENSED. THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON, UM, THEIR GRAND OPENING WITHIN THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, BUT THEN SO THOSE TWO ARE LICENSED AND READY TO GO, AND WE WILL HAVE SIX MORE COMING LATER THIS YEAR. WELL, THAT'S GOOD. SO I, I, SO THAT'S, THAT'S GREAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK. UM, THIS HAS TAKEN A WHILE FOR US TO GET HERE, UM, BUT, UM, I'M, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT YOU PRESENTED TONIGHT AND I HOPE MY, UH, COLLEAGUES ARE AS WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER SAND. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN FOR, UM, FOR THIS ITEM. TH THIS ITEM IS COMING BACK TO US FROM A 2024 ITEM BROUGHT FORWARD BY MYSELF AND CO-SPONSORED BY THEN EIGHTH DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER AL AUSTIN, REQUESTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY REGARDING HOSTING CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY. SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. UM, THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE POURED INTO THIS ITEM. UM, AND FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE STUDY VIA TFFI CO-SPONSORED AN ITEM WITH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN TO REQUEST AN ORDINANCE CHANGE TO IMPLEMENT A SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAM. WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US HERE IS A CULMINATION OF THOSE TWO EFFORTS, AND I'M THANKFUL TO STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED HARD TO GET US TO THIS POINT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO FRAME THE DISCUSSION AROUND THE LENS USED TO CONDUCT THE FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH WAS CANNABIS IS ILLEGAL AND GROWING INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA, AND THEREFORE AS REGULATORS, WE MUST NOT TREAT IT ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN REGULATING ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP DESTIGMATIZE CANNABIS BY PROVIDING EDUCATION ON WHAT IS LEGAL AS WELL AS BEST PRACTICES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. WITH THAT IN MIND, I AM PLEASED TO SEE THIS ITEM COME FULL CIRCLE. A FEW NOTES TO HIGHLIGHT ARE THAT THE PROPER IMPACT OF EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATIONS WERE ENGAGED THROUGH, UM, THROUGH THIS A MEETING CONFER LIKE COUNCILWOMAN, UM, ALAN ALERTED TO ALSO THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AN EQUITY PLAN FOR PERMITEE. AND FINALLY, UM, THAT THE LICENSE RETAILS MUST BE WITHIN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, WHICH ALLOWS US TO COLLECT CANNABIS REVENUE FROM SALES AT SPECIAL EVENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, AS THE PRESENTATION MENTIONED, THAT THE SETTING OF THE MAXIMUM OF 12, BY WAY OF A COMPANION RESOLUTION TONIGHT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY SHOULD THIS COUNCIL DECIDE IN THE FUTURE TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE ALLOWABLE NUMBER OF PERMITS PER SPECIAL EVENTS ORGANIZERS PER YEAR. I APPRECIATE THIS THOUGHT BY STAFF. THANK YOU STAFF. AGAIN. OVERALL, LONG BEACH IS A BUSINESS FRIENDLY CITY, WHICH MEANS IT IS ALSO A CANNABIS FRIENDLY CITY. AS, AS [04:35:01] A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT, I VALUE THE EVOLUTION OF ENTERTAINMENT AS NOT ONLY A KEY CONTRIBUTOR TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT ALSO TO CULTURAL WEALTH. HOSTING REGULATED CANNABIS EVENTS SUPPORTS THE LEGAL INDUSTRY BY PROVIDING A SAFE STRUCTURED PLATFORM FOR SALES AND CONSUMPTION, REDUCING RELIANCE ON ILLICIT MARKET. THESE EVENTS CAN HELP DIMINISH UNDERGROUND CANNABIS ACTIVITIES, PROMOTE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL REGULATIONS WHILE FOSTERING COMMUNITY TRUST. AS WITH ANYTHING NEW, WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE A LEARNING CURVE FOR, FOR ALL INVOLVED. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE RECEIVE REGULAR UPDATES ON THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDING DETAILS, UM, ON FINANCIAL REVIEWS REGARDING REVENUE COLLECTED. I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM. COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SORROW. THANK YOU. UM, I WANNA ALSO, YES, THANK ALL MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE WHO WORKED TO BRING THIS ITEM BEFORE US IN THE ORDINANCE FORM TODAY, AND OBVIOUSLY STAFF WHO'VE WORKED HARD IN MAKING SURE WE GO THROUGH THE CO, UH, MEET AND CONFER, BUT ALSO JUST A, AS WE, UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT CONCERN AROUND SAFETY, SINCE I REMEMBER, UM, THE LAST TIME THIS ITEM WAS BEFORE US, UH, TO DEVELOP THIS ORDINANCE, THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY STANDARDS. UM, AND I THINK SOME OF THEM WERE CLARIFIED, BUT IT DOESN'T STILL, UM, UH, CHANGE THE FEAR ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO, IN ADDITION TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN, UM, SANDE HAS SHARED AROUND REGULAR REPORTING, I ACTUALLY WOULD WONDER IF WE COULD DO AN ANNUAL REPORT BACK ON IF WE'RE ABLE TO SEE HOW THE ORDINANCE WORK FROM BEGINNING TO END, NOT JUST AROUND REVENUE GENERATION, BUT IF WHAT WE'RE, UH, SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF THE EVENT. BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE CONCERN IS, WELL, WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF CANNABIS ONCE PEOPLE LEAVE THE EVENT? DOES THAT CREATE MORE, UH, UH, EVENTS THAT, OR ACTIVITIES THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAS TO MANAGE? UM, YOU KNOW, ARE WE REQUIRING SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF STAFFING, UH, AT SITES? SO THOSE ARE JUST THINGS SINCE WE HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE, I'M SURE THERE ARE LESSONS LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO AT LEAST JUST ASSESS THE FIRST YEAR TO SEE, TO MEASURE THOSE DIFFERENT SAFETY CONCERNS. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT, IT HELPS TO THEN PROVIDE SOME DATA BACK TO THE PUBLIC WHO'VE SHARED WITH US THEIR CONCERN ABOUT THIS. BUT UNDER, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S A LONG BEEN A LONG TIME COMING, UH, TO CREATE A REGULATED FRAMEWORK AS JUST WHAT WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THE INCREASE IN FOOD, UH, YOU KNOW, CREATIVES HERE WHO HAVE CREATED FOOD SCENE. I THINK THAT WE'RE SEEING AS A GROWTH FOR DIFFERENT RECREATIONAL CANNABIS USE. PEOPLE DON'T WANNA JUST SMOKE IN SMALL GROUP, BUT THEY WANNA BE ABLE TO DO IT RECREATIONALLY AT EVENTS, RIGHT? BUT IT ALSO COMES WITH SOME, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK SAFETY CONCERNS. SO I WONDER IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE SOME DATA TO, TO SHOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT COMES OUT OF THIS IF IT IS REGULATED WELL STAFF AND ALSO, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, REGULATED STAFF AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FOLLOW THE STANDARDS AS WELL. SO, UM, THAT, I DON'T THINK IT'S AN ACTUAL ITEM TO APPROVE, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE? CITY MANAGER? YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. UH, WE CAN COME BACK WITH ONE YEAR, UM, AND JUST SAY, HERE'S KIND OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, AND, UH, GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT REPORT. THANKS, COUNCIL MEMBER, CAPTAIN, MAYOR . YOU SKIPPED ME. UM, VICE MAYOR. OH, SORRY. CAN I THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE MAYOR. UM, ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO DEVELOPING THIS ORDINANCE AND OR AT LEAST PREPPING FOR IT. UM, AND ALL THE THOROUGH FEASIBILITY, UH, THE STUDIES THAT HAVE COME TO INFORM IT. I DO BELIEVE THIS REPRESENTS A THOUGHTFUL STEP TOWARDS FORMALIZING OUR CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENTS IN A WAY THAT CONSIDERS BOTH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AS WELL AS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. UM, I'M ESPECIALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE INCLUSION OF THE EQUITY PLAN REQUIREMENT, WHICH WILL HELP HISTORICALLY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM THIS EMERGING MARKET. UM, BUT OF COURSE IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE SET CLEAR GUARDRAILS, AND YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED THAT HERE, INCLUDING PERMIT LIMITS, AGE RESTRICTIONS, AND ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS TO [04:40:01] ENSURE THAT THESE EVENTS ARE WELL MANAGED. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND YOU CONTINUE AND CITY ATTORNEY, YOU KNOW, WORK TOWARDS GETTING THE ORDINANCE, UH, ALL WRITTEN UP, I'D LIKE TO, UM, ADD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A FEW ITEMS, UM, THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. SO, UM, ONE WILL BE TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN MANAGE SECONDHAND SMOKE, UM, OR AT LEAST CONSIDER HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT, UH, RESIDENTS, WORKERS, UM, AND EVENT STAFF. SO THANK YOU. THE MEET AND CONFER SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOT SOME OF THAT TOGETHER IN TERMS OF, UM, THE STAFF, DEPENDING ON THE SCALE AND THE SIZE OF THESE KINDS OF EVENTS, WE MIGHT CONSIDER, UM, THE COST OF THE PERMIT, UM, TO REFLECT THAT, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ADEQUATE LEVEL OF CITY RESOURCES AVAILABLE, UM, IN ORDER TO MANAGE, UH, ANY SUCH EVENT. UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A MATTER THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, SENSITIVE, UH, USES THAT ARE NEAR THIS. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR HIGHLIGHTING, UH, IN THE REPORT THAT THERE WILL BE A THOUSAND FOOT BUFFER FOR SCHOOLS, DAYCARES AND THE LIKE. UM, I'D LIKE FOR US TO ALSO CONSIDER SENIOR FACILITIES, HEALTHCARE AND OR HEALTHCARE RELATED, UM, FACILITIES AS WELL. AND WHAT IMPACT, UM, EVENTS LIKE THIS MIGHT HAVE ON THOSE WHEN IT COMES TO THE EQUITY PLAN YOU'VE OUTLINED HERE. UM, EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR EQUITY RELATED, UH, CANNABIS FIRMS. I JUST WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND, CAN WE ALSO OUTLINE HOW DO WE EVALUATE THAT AND ENFORCE IT AND ENSURE THAT THAT MEANINGFUL PARTICIPATION DOES ACTUALLY TAKE PLACE AS PART OF THE EVENTS. SO SOME LEVEL OF WRITEUP OR ANALYSIS AFTERWARDS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THAT IS HAPPENING. UM, AND THEN, UH, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT THE FINAL ONE WOULD JUST BE THE ABILITY TO MONITOR AND EN AND ENFORCE UNLICENSED SALES, UM, OR VIOLATIONS, UH, DURING THE, UH, EVENTS. AND, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, WHICH DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RESPONDING TO THOSE REAL TIME MATTERS? SO THOSE ARE, UM, SOME OF MY THOUGHTS REGARDING, UM, US SHARPENING OUR PENCILS AND FINISHING UP THE ORDINANCE, UH, FOR, UH, STRONGER CONSIDERATION. UM, I'D LOVE FOR, UH, THE DEPARTMENT AND THE TEAM TO CONSIDER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. JUST ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION, COUNCILWOMAN. WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE SENSITIVE USE BUFFERS FOR, UM, LIKE SENIOR FACILITIES, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER WHEN WE BRING BACK THE REPORT IN ONE YEAR TO SEE HOW EVERYTHING WENT? UM, 'CAUSE AS IT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE, WE DO HAVE THE ORDINANCE, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT, UH, LANGUAGE. UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT CLARIFYING QUESTION. SO FOR, UM, THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I LISTED HERE, WE CAN PUSH THAT ONE. UM, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE, COULD BE, UH, MORE OPERATIONAL, UM, IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO GET THE ANALYSIS FROM THE GROUPS REGARDING THE EQUITY PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, YOU COMING UP OPERATIONALLY WHAT THE PLAN WILL BE FOR EN ENFORCING ANYTHING THAT'S, UM, UNLICENSED. UM, SO I WILL, I WILL ACCEPT THAT, THAT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, UM, GOING FORWARD AT THE ONE YEAR REPORT BACK, BUT THE OTHERS I'D LIKE TO SEE OPERATIONALIZED. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ? YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. VICE MAYOR AND THANK YOU TO THE TEAM, UH, FOR CONTINUING TO BE SO DILIGENT AND THOUGHTFUL IN THE WORK AROUND CANNABIS HERE IN THE CITY. UM, I KNOW STAFF SAID THEY ANTICIPATE MOSTLY LARGE EVENTS IN PUBLIC SPACES AND, AND THAT'S WHAT REALLY WAS THE IMPETUS FOR THIS. UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AROUND DE-STIGMATIZATION AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AS THEY RELATE TO THOSE LARGE EVENTS. UM, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS THOUGH, SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATIONS FOR EVENTS. IT DOES SAY THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN AT A RESIDENCE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THERE ARE LIMITATIONS, UM, OR ADJACENCY TO HOMES OR OTHER SENSITIVE SITES ON THOSE. UM, I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT JUST NOW SENSITIVE SITES ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY EVENT. UM, I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT WE HAVE MANY BUSINESS CORRIDORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOODS AND HOMES. AND IF A PRIVATE PROPERTY EVENT HAPPENED, NOT EVERYBODY BOUGHT A HOUSE UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WOULD BE CANNABIS EVENTS POTENTIALLY WITHIN 25 OR 50 FEET OF THEIR HOME. SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT SOME OF THE, UM, GUARDRAILS ARE REGARDING PRIVATE PROPERTY? YES. UNDER THE EXISTING OCCASIONAL EVENT PERMIT PROCESS, THERE IS, UH, STIPULATIONS IN THAT OR, UM, THAT PART OF THE ORDINANCE WHERE THE ONE OF THEM MUST BE THAT YOU CANNOT DISTURB THE, I BELIEVE THE EXACT WORDING IS PEACE IN QUIET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO THAT'S PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS IF THE EVENT ORGANIZER [04:45:01] IS UNABLE TO PROVE HOW THEY WOULD MITIGATE, UH, ANY OF THOSE CONCERNS, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE. UM, SAME GOES AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LICENSE, UH, LICENSE, UM, APPROVALS AS WELL. OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT RE RELATES POTENTIALLY TO NOISE AND OTHER THINGS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC PARKING, ALL OF THOSE. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT IF SOMEONE BOUGHT A HOUSE NEXT TO A BAR, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT ALCOHOL IS SERVED THERE, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT ALCOHOL IS CONTAINED WITHIN THAT SPACE. CANNABIS IS A DIFFERENT ENTITY IN THAT IMPACTS PEOPLE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA BECAUSE OF WIND AND BECAUSE IT IS LITERAL SMOKE. AND SO ARE THERE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE OR BUFFER ZONES IN PLACE FOR BUSINESSES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HOUSING? THERE ARE NO EXISTING LIKE SENSITIVE USE BUFFERS FOR THAT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING IF WE FEEL THAT IS A DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE WITH THOSE EXISTING, UM, PERMITTING PROCESSES THAT ALLOW US TO SAY WE WILL NOT APPROVE THE PERMIT IF WE FEEL THAT THAT CANNOT BE MITIGATED. UM, BECAUSE PART OF WHAT THE STATE REGULATIONS ALSO REQUIRE WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS THAT DO HAVE A CONSUMPTION AREA, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT. UM, SO ANYBODY WALKING DOWN THE STREET, I SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S TAKING, TAKING PLACE AT THAT EVENT. OF COURSE, LIKE YOU JUST MENTIONED, THERE IS SMOKE, SMOKE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FLOAT WITH THE WIND. UM, BUT THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONAL, UH, MEASURES THAT THE EVENT ORGANIZERS CAN TAKE AND THAT WE WILL REQUEST AS PART OF THEIR OP A PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF THEIR PERMIT, WHICH IS A SPECIAL TRACING SYSTEM THAT THEY COULD UTILIZE TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF SMOKE THAT IS EMITTED IN THE AIR. IT'S NOT A PERFECT SYSTEM, UM, BECAUSE IT IS DEPENDENT ON LIKE THE CUBIC FEET IN THE SPACE. UM, IT IT, AND SO IN THIS CASE WE COULD, UH, ASK FOR ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT IF WE FEEL THAT THOSE, UM, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO MITIGATE THOSE CONCERNS, THEN WE WILL NOT APPROVE A PERMIT. UM, BUT AS IT STANDS, THERE IS NO SPECIFIC SENSITIVE USES FOR THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND ON SLIDE 12, IT MENTIONS, UM, EVENTS AREN'T PROHIBITED WHERE SMOKING TOBACCO IS PROHIBITED, BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT MAKING AN EXEMPTION FOR PUBLIC SPACES. SO I CAN SEE IN A SPACE LIKE MARINA GREEN, UM, BIG OUTDOOR, AGAIN, WELL VENTILATED SPACES THAT ARE NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HOMES. UM, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT BECAUSE WE WOULD DO THIS IF SOMEONE WANTED TO PULL A PERMIT FOR A PARK INSIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT THEY COULD HAVE AN EVENT AT A PARK AGAIN ADJACENT TO CLOSER TO HOMES AND COMMUNITY AND PLAYGROUNDS AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS? UM, SO BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO WAIVE THE PROHIBITED SMOKING, SO I'M JUST TRYING, I THINK I'M CONCERNED THAT WHILE WE ARE WELL INTENTIONED THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE ENOUGH GUARDRAILS WITHIN, UM, MORE, UM, DENSELY POPULATED COMMUNITY SPACES THAT MIGHT HOST THESE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS COULD SOMEONE PULL A PERMIT A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR TO HAVE AN EVENT AT A LOCAL PARK THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HOMES? WELL, UH, WHAT I WANTED TO DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY ALI BEN SCHMUEL, UH, I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THE ISSUE AT A PARK IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SCREEN OFF THAT ENTIRE AREA CONSUMPTION AREA SO THAT LITERALLY NOBODY CAN SEE OR BE AFFECTED BY THE SMOKING IN THAT AREA. UM, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EVENTS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE EITHER, UM, VERY FAR AWAY FROM ANY SORT OF ANY AREA IN WHICH THE PUBLIC CAN WALK AND, AND SEE. ALTERNATIVELY IT WOULD BE INSIDE OF A BUILDING AND THEN WITH THE SPECIAL FILTRATION REQUIREMENTS, ET CETERA. UM, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HOSTING A SPECIAL EVENT DOESN'T ALTER THINGS LIKE THE USE CAPACITY OF THAT BUILDING. YOU DON'T GET TO ALL OF A SUDDEN STUFF DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT OTHERWISE YOU'D BE ABLE TO, UH, PUT INTO THAT BUILDING. SO IF IT WAS A BAR, ET CETERA, IT WOULD BE THE SAME CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS AS IT WOULD BE EVEN IF THE SPECIAL EVENT IS NOT HAPPENING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, CONDITION OF COURSE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IF YOU HAVE A, A VENUE IN WHICH YOU HAVE MAYBE PEOPLE COMING OUT, YOU KNOW, EATING ON THE OUTSIDE AND YOU KNOW, IN THE OPEN AIR, UM, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO WITH A CONSUMPTION EVENT BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT NONE OF THAT CAN BE, UH, VIEWED OR BE AFFECTED, YOU KNOW, UH, FROM OUTSIDE OF THE PAID VENUE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ALSO, I THINK IT IS CLARIFIED IN HERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, UM, THESE WILL NOT HAPPEN IN PLACES THAT ALSO SELL ALCOHOL. CORRECT. SO IF SOMEONE PULLED A PRIVATE EVENT PERMIT [04:50:01] IT CANOPY IN A SPACE THAT ALSO SELLS ALCOHOL, UH, IT ABSOLUTELY CANNOT. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY A FEATURE OF STATE LAW. UM, IT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED TO SELL ALCOHOL OR SERVE ALCOHOL IN THE SAME AREA IN WHICH, UH, CANNABIS IS BEING CONSUMED. THANK YOU. VERY COUNCIL MEMBER. WELL, I WANNA START BY THANKING STAFF. THIS HAS BEEN A YEAR OF WORK ON THIS ITEM AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN COMPLICATED. UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONSIDERATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ON HOW THESE EVENTS WORK, HOW TO IMPLEMENT THEM, AND HOW WE PROTECT OUR STAFF AT THESE EVENTS AND HOW WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITIES. THIS IS AN AREA I REALLY DON'T THINK THE CITY OF LONG BEACH SHOULD LEAN IN THOUGH, AND I THINK WE SHOULD SEE HOW IT'S WORKING IN OTHER CITIES BEFORE WE START HOSTING EVENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. I WANNA THANK COUNCIL MEMBER KERR FOR HER LINE OF QUESTIONING, UM, REGARDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UH, MOST OF THE EVENT SPACES IN DISTRICT THREE ARE UP AGAINST NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE IS JUST NO WAY THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO STOP SMOKE FROM DRIFTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THEREFORE I'M NOT GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE, UH, THREE SPEAKERS LAND, OH, SORRY. UH, M MEMBER SORO. I'M SORRY, I HAD TO QUEUE UP BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION THAT I WAS CURIOUS IS, UM, WILL ALCOHOL ALSO BE SOWED AT THE CANNABIS EVENT AS WELL? AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. NO, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY PROHIBITED AS PART OF THE STATE REGULATIONS. OKAY. UM, BOTH ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO CANNOT BE SOLD OR CONSUMED AT A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, UM, TO, TO CLARIFY THAT AND THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CURR, UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT, UM, FEES. SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FEE STRUCTURE, THAT THERE'S A CITY FEE AND A STATE FEE. DO WE HAVE A BALLPARK ON WHAT THOSE ARE? AND I KNOW WHEN WE CREATE FEES, WE DO IT SO THAT IT IS COST RECOVERY FOR US AND THE SERVICES THAT WILL BE INCURRED AND WONDERING, UH, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. YES. SO AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY HAVE, UH, TWO DIFFERENT FEES AND IT IS TIERED. SO SAY IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO, AND ASSUMING WE'RE GONNA GO WITH THE 12, UM, SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO HOST, UH, 11 TO 20. UH, THAT'S THE RANGE PROVIDED IN THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF ME. UH, EVENTS PER YEAR ONE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PROVI, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, UH, $1,000 APPLICATION FEE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL. THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO, UH, SUBMIT, UM, A LICENSE FEE OR PAY FOR A LICENSE FEE IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,000. UM, SO IT IS, IT DOES INCREASE. AND SO SAY IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO HOST MORE THAN 20 EVENTS PER YEAR, UH, THE SAME, SAME BASELINE THOUSAND DOLLARS FEE, BUT THEN THE LICENSE FEE WOULD BE $20,000. SO, UM, THAT'S AT THE STATE LEVEL. AND THEN IF WE GO TO, UM, OUR SPECIAL EVENT FEE STRUCTURE, IT IS ALSO TIERED. SO, UM, AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MOST OF THESE ARE GONNA BE THE LARGE SCALE EVENTS. AND SO WE, UH, UNDER EXISTING SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE, UM, THERE IS A TIER. SO WE WOULD, THIS WOULD FALL UNDER WHAT WE WOULD CALL TIER THREE EVENT FEES. AND SO, UM, THIS FIRST, UH, CHUNK OF FEES I'M LOOKING AT HERE, AND I'M LOOKING JUST AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS WEBSITE. UM, I HAVE ALMOST ABOUT $3,000 IN FEES. AND SO THIS INCLUDES APPLICATION FEES, UH, PERMIT FEES PER EVENT DAY, VENUE FEES, UH, MOVE IN, UM, AND OUT VENUE FEES AS WELL. UM, CITY PROPERTY USE FEE. UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE ALSO HAVE CITY STAFFING FEES. SO THOSE ARE PART OF THE COST RECOVERY THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. UM, THESE ARE FOR TO PAY FOR THE STAFFING, WHICH INCLUDES THE POLICE THAT ARE STAFFED AT THE SPECIAL EVENTS. UM, MARINE PATROL IF APPLICABLE, UH, POLICE AND EQUIPMENT THAT MAY BE USED AS WELL. UM, SPOT CHECKS, STANDBY FIREFIGHTER SERVICES, AMBULANCE AND VEHICLES LIFEGUARD SERVICES IF APPLICABLE, RESCUE BOAT, IF IF APPLICABLE. AND THEN ALSO OUR ACTUAL SPECIAL EVENT AND FILMING STAFF. SO IT DOES, UM, IT'S HARD TO SAY AN EXACT NUMBER FOR OUR FEES 'CAUSE IT DOES, IT'S A RANGE, BUT IT IS IN THE THOUSANDS. IT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. OKAY, THANK YOU. I HAVE, UH, THREE PUBLIC SPEAKERS, PATRICIA ALUM TERESA MARINO, AND UH, , PLEASE STEP FORWARD. AND JEFF MILLER IS THE FOURTH SPEAKER. [04:55:02] JEFF MILLER. UH, HELLO. UH, THANK YOU. I AM PATRICIA EDAM. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT THREE. I CANNOT THANK ENOUGH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN FOR OPPOSING THIS. I AM HERE TO OPPOSE, UM, 26 AND THEN DASH 5 4 5 9 7 26 5 4 5 9 8. AND UM, I AM A MOTHER, I'M A TWO TIME OLYMPIAN IN WOMEN'S ROWING. I AM A, UM, VICE PRESIDENT FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH AN ORGANIZATION CALLED HEALTH CAREER CONNECTION AND HAVE DEDICATED MY CAREER TO USHERING IN YOUNG PEOPLE INTO THE HEALTH WORKFORCE, UM, AS A TWO-TIME OLYMPIAN IN ROWING AND IN MY OTHER ROLES. AND I'M BOTH SADDENED AND SHOCKED, UH, AS A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH THAT THE CITY IS ADVOCATING TO ALLOW OVER 1,880 MARIJUANA SMOKING DAYS. SO THAT'S YOUR 40 LICENSEES, 12 EVENTS TIMES, FOUR DAYS EACH. THAT'S WHAT THAT AMOUNTS TO. AND THAT MEANS ESSENTIALLY ELIMINATING THE SMOKING ORDINANCE THAT WE WORK SO HARD ON FOR SO MANY YEARS TO PROTECT THE CITY AND TRULY ADVANCED PUBLIC HEALTH IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. UM, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS OF WHAT YOU'RE VOTING ON RIGHT NOW? INCREASED EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS. THESE ARE STUDIES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DONE IN CITIES AROUND THE, THE COUNTRY. UM, INCREASED EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS TO, UM, BY CHILDREN, INCREASED CHILDHOOD POISONING. UM, SO THE EFFECTS ARE GONNA BE WAY BEYOND THE NUMBER OF DAYS, UH, MENTIONED. YOU WILL SEE, UM, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE DROP AMONGST CHILDREN. YOU'LL SEE ASTHMA RATES INCREASE. UM, THE MAYOR WANTS, UH, FOR A LEGACY FOR YOUTH AFTER THE OLYMPICS. AND THIS IS A TERRIBLE LEGACY FOR YOUTH. THIS IS A TERRIBLE LEGACY FOR YOUTH WHO ARE GONNA TRY AND COMPETE IN ANY SPORT AND THEY'RE LIVING IN A CITY THAT'S PROMOTING, UH, MARIJUANA AND ELIMINATING ITS SMOKING ORDINANCE. UM, IT'S A LEGACY THAT, UM, IS ABOLISHING SOMETHING THAT WAS TRULY PROTECTING, UM, THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. AND, UM, SO THANK YOU AGAIN, COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN AND I, UH, I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS TOM KAR, CITY MANAGER. UM, I'M THERESA MARINO. I'M A RETIREE OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. I WAS A BUREAU MANAGER AND I WAS FROM 1994 TILL 2000, THE TOBACCO EDUCATION AND, AND ORDINANCE COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR, UM, LONG BEACH HAD THE STRONGEST ORDINANCE IN THE NATION, THE STRONGEST, NO TOBACCO, NO SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES, ORDINANCE IN THE WHOLE NATION AND THE WORLD. WE HAD PHONE CALLS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD ASKING HOW DID WE DO THIS? HOW DID YOU DO THAT? UM, AND THEN IN 1996, THAT WAS 1994 TO 96. IN 1996, THE FIRST, UH, CIGAR DINNERS HAPPENED. AND THEN IN, UH, A FEW MORE YEARS WE HAD THE ACTUAL, UM, CIGAR LOUNGES, WHICH PUT A BIG C***K IN OUR TOBACCO ORDINANCE. UH, ARMOR. WHAT MY QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT, UM, THIS ORDINANCE BEING SUSPENDED IS WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN AS PEOPLE LEAVE AND DRIVE? YES, I SAW THAT IT SAID WE ARE ENCOURAGING THAT PEOPLE DON'T SMOKE, UH, AND DRIVE AND THAT YOU HAVE DESIGNATED DRIVERS OR OTHER FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION, BUT PEOPLE ARE GONNA DRIVE. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS LIABILITY FOR THE CITY IF THERE IS A MAJOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT OR GOD FORBID SOMEONE IS REALLY HURT OR FAT, [05:00:01] UH, FATALLY HURT, UM, ARE WE GOING TO GET HIT WITH A LIABILITY FROM ONE OF THE, UM, AMBULANCE CHASING, UH, LITIGATION ATTORNEYS THAT YOU SEE ON BILLBOARDS EVERYWHERE? AND WHAT ABOUT THE BILLBOARDS THAT SAY DRIVING BUZZED IS DRIVING HIGH AND IT'S A DUI. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THOSE, THOSE UP. AND THEN WHEN THE TOBACCO ORDINANCE IS SUSPENDED, WILL PEOPLE WHO SMOKE, UM, BE IN COMPLIANCE OR THEY CAN SMOKE BECAUSE THE TOBACCO ORDINANCE IS SUSPENDED? SO THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELINDA COTTON. I'M HERE ALSO TO ASK YOU NOT TO APPROVE THIS ORDINANCE. FIRST OF ALL, 'CAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH IT. FIRST OF ALL, THERE HAS BEEN NO REAL PUBLIC NOTICE OF THE VOTE YOU WILL TAKE TONIGHT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, NO ONLINE NEWS COVERAGE, UH, NO RADIO OR TELEVISION. WHEN PEOPLE LEARN THAT AN EXEMPTION FOR CANNABIS IS BEING PUT IN OUR CITY SMOKE-FREE ORDINANCE, THEY'RE VERY UPSET. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY ARE AT RISK, YET HEALTH WAS NOT DISCUSSED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. AND THE HEALTH OF OUR CHILDREN AND ADULTS, THE ADDICTION RATE OF MARIJUANA AND CANNABIS IS GROWING AT ALL TIMES AND CANNABIS IS NOW GREATER THAN ALCOHOL IN ADDICTION. SO THOSE ARE VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S SHOCKING TO HEAR THAT CITY STAFF IS OFFERING THE CITY OWNED QUEEN MARY, THE LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER, THE NEW LONG BEACH AMPHITHEATER, UH, MARINA GREEN PARK, RAINBOW LAGOON, SHORELINE PARK AS LOCATIONS APPROPRIATE FOR CANNABIS USE AND CANNABIS SMOKING AND VAPING. AND THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ENTERTAINMENT AND MUSIC EVENTS, BUT CHILDREN ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, THERE WHERE THERE'S CANNABIS SMOKING AND VAPING OR USE. AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SOME DIFFERENT. AND WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SMOKERS OR ASTHMATIC? ARE THEY THEN NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GO TO MUSIC EVENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE INUNDATED WITH SMOKE AND, AND PROBLEMS FROM CANNABIS? AND IT APPEARS THAT OUR BEACHES AND PARKS ALSO OR WILL NO LONGER BE, UH, SMOKE FREE. AND OF COURSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESTAURANTS AND OTHER PLACES THAT APPARENTLY COULD BE ALLOWED. WE TRIED TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, THERESA MARINO AND THE FORMER, UH, HEAD OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO FILTER OUT TOBACCO SMOKE INSIDE A BUILDING. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. CANNABIS WILL BE THE SAME AND CANNABIS WILL STICK TO THE CARPET AND THE AND THE WALLPAPER AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YOU'LL BE SMELLING IT AFTERWARDS. SO THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS. AND WHILE THE ORDINANCE, UH, SAYS THAT THERE WILL BE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, A PROCESS THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED, BUT IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED STRUCTURE AND WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, ENFORCEMENT OF MOST OF THE CITY CODES AND SPECIAL EVENTS IS NOT EVEN AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS IF YOU NEED THEM. SO THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED AND WE NEED TO GO BACK TO STUDY THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF CANNABIS AND MARIJUANA ON THE PUBLIC AND LARGE ON THE USERS AND ANYBODY WHO ATTENDS AN EVENT OR LIVES NEARBY. SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THAT AND I HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER THE ORDINANCE YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I'M JEFF MILLER. I LIVE IN LONG BEACH. I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS. THIS IS NOT GOOD LEGISLATION. THERE HAS NOT BEEN SATISFACTORY OUTREACH OR TRANSPARENCY. PREVIOUSLY, THE MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS SPOKE ABOUT TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT AND, AND OPEN GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A CASE OF TRANSPARENCY OR OPENNESS. THERE'S IT, IT'S PREMATURE TO PROCEED WITH THIS AT THIS POINT, FOR THAT REASON ALONE. YOU'VE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS POINTING OUT THAT THE CONCERNS AND DANGERS THAT WILL RESULT, IF YOU GO AHEAD WITH THIS, CONCERNS [05:05:01] ABOUT SAFETY, HEALTH, POSSIBILITY OF CRIME, LINKAGE TO THIS, THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED. THERE'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF SHOOTINGS RELATED TO, OR AT LEAST NOT RELATED NECESSARILY DIRECTLY, BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH ADVERTISING OF LARGE SCALE EVENTS TO COME. SPECIAL EVENTS COULD BE WHAT MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, MAYBE JUST A BIG PARTY. A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ATTEND THESE KIND OF EVENTS, NOT JUST PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO AND SMOKE MARIJUANA OR VAPE CANNABIS. THIS IS DISCRIMINATORY BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE WILL NOT WANT TO GO TO AN EVENT WHERE THAT'S HAPPENING. THINK BACK TO WHEN SMOKING WAS ALLOWED IN BARS, RESTAURANTS, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, MANY RESTAURANTS AND BARS FOUND AN UPTICK IN BUSINESS AFTER SMOKING WAS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULD NOT GO TO A BAR WHERE IT WAS FULL OF SMOKE NOW CAN AND ENJOY IT. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE CITY. THERE'S THERE'S NO GOOD, NO BENEFIT TO THE PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC IS NOT FULLY ACCEPTING OF CANNABIS. IT'S A SMALL MINORITY. THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE SHOCKED AND UPSET AND SUFFER FROM THIS KIND OF EVENT AND, AND THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. SO I ASK YOU TO VOTE NO, DON'T JUST RUBBER STAMP THIS LIKE SO MANY OTHER MOTIONS SEEM TO GO BECAUSE ONE PERSON PUT TOGETHER AND PROMOTED THE ORDINANCE AND YOU JUST GO ALONG WITH IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ALONG. YOU CAN TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THIS. CONSIDER ALL OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE. PLEASE VOTE. NO THANK YOU. OKAY, FAIR COMMENTS BACK BEHIND THE RAIL. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? COUNCIL MEMBER ALLEN? YEAH, THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE. UM, MAYBE THIS IS PROBABLY FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, FOR DAWN. UM, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON THIS? SO WHEN WE ISSUE AN A, B, C LICENSE FOR LIKE A BAR OR A RESTAURANT AND SOMEONE DRINKS AND DRIVES AND GOES HOME OR GETS ARRESTED OR HURT SOMEBODY, IS THE CITY LIABLE IN ANY WAY? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THAT, 'CAUSE I WANNA KNOW, ARE WE GONNA BE LIABLE IN ANY WAY IF SOMEBODY, UH, OVER CONSUMES IN SOME CAPACITY, UM, AND THEN DRIVES FROM, FROM A CANNABIS EVENT, UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. SO IF, UH, IF THE A, B, C, WHICH IS A STATE AGENCY ISSUES, A LIQUOR LICENSE, WE DON'T ISSUE THOSE, UM, TO A BAR AND SOMEONE OVER CONSUMES AT A BAR, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE LIABILITY FOR THAT CONSUMPTION. SO, UM, THAT'S A STATE LICENSE AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE BAR MAY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UM, BUT THERE IS NOT LIABILITY ON THE STATE BECAUSE A PERSON OVER CONSUMED AT THAT BAR AND MAY HAVE GOTTEN IN AN ACCIDENT. AND THEN WOULD THERE BE ANY LIABILITY, UH, IF WE ISSUE A PERMIT FOR A CANNABIS EVENT? AND I WANNA BE, I WANNA BE CLEAR, THIS IS A CANNABIS EVENT. UM, UH, THESE ARE NOT, UM, EVENTS THAT ANYONE CAN GO TO. LIKE I SAY, WE HAVE A COUNTRY MUSIC EVENT OR WE HAVE ALL THESE EVENTS. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE MARIJUANA. THESE, THIS ORDINANCE IS SPECIFICALLY FOR A CANNABIS EVENT, WHICH WOULD MAKE ME SEEM, IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU DON'T WANNA CONSUME CANNABIS, YOU WOULDN'T GO TO A CANNABIS EVENT, YOU WOULD GO TO AN EVENT THAT DOESN'T CONSUME CANNABIS. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. WE ARE VERY INCLUSIVE. CANNABIS WAS LEGAL. IT WAS VOTED ON ALREADY. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN LITIGATED. CANNABIS IS LEGAL AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO GO TO A LEGAL CANNABIS EVENT, THEY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT. AND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AT A CANNABIS EVENT, THEN YOU DON'T GO TO A CANNABIS EVENT. BUT WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M CONCERNED IS, UM, IS IF, UH, IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT LIABILITY THAT SOMEONE DID BRING UP. AND SO MM-HMM . UM, I WANTED TO, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD, A LEGITIMATE, UH, UH, CONCERN IN QUESTION AND I WANTED TO GET THAT, UM, THAT, UH, THAT UH, ANSWERED. AND THEN, UM, ALSO, SO JUST TO REITERATE, MAY THE STAFF KIDS ARE NOT ALLOWED AT, AT THESE CANNABIS EVENTS, CORRECT? NO, IT'S ONLY ATTENDEES. IT CAN ONLY BE 21 AND OLDER THAT CAN ATTEND THESE EVENTS. OKAY. AND SO WILL THEY BE, WILL THERE BE, UH, SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE'S AT THESE EVENTS THAT ARE UNDER AGE? THAT IS CORRECT. SO PART OF WHAT, THAT'S ALL COVERED UNDER THE STATE REGULATIONS AND WHAT HAPPENS DURING EVENT DAY. [05:10:01] UM, THERE ARE ID CHECKS THAT DO TAKE PLACE, UM, AT DIFFERENT POINTS OF THE EVENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF UM, ANYONE DECIDES TO GO TO LIKE A VENDOR BOOTH TO PURCHASE CANNABIS, UM, THEY HAVE LIKE A POINT OF SALE SYSTEM WHERE THEY DO ACTUALLY SCAN YOUR ID AND THEY DO DOUBLE CHECK. UM, AND EVEN JUST A TICKETING PROCESS TOO, YOU HAVE, THERE IS A CHECKPOINT THERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO VERIFY THAT YOUR AGE, UM, SO IT IS CAPTURED IN DIFFERENT PLACES. AND THEN WOULD THERE BE ANY INSTANCE WHERE THERE IS AN EVENT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UM, WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO SMOKE MARIJUANA, UM, IF THEY DON'T HAVE, UM, THAT'S NOT A CANNABIS EVENT? NO. SO THESE ARE ALL LIKE, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THESE ARE ALL SPECIALIZED EVENTS. AND SO THIS IS, UM, IF THERE IS CANNABIS, A LEGAL CANNABIS CONSUMPTION TO BE TAKING PLACE AT A SPECIAL, AT A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT, IT'S IN WITHIN THE CONTAINED AREA. UM, THESE, AGAIN, ARE SPECIALIZED, UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S OTHER EVENTS IN THE CITY, UM, WHERE WE DON'T WE, WHERE WE DON'T ALLOW CANNABIS. AND THAT WILL, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE, THAT WILL GO AS BUSINESS AS USUAL. AND THEN WOULD YOU FORESEE A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE WOULD GO TO AN EVENT NOT KNOWING IT'S A CANNABIS EVENT, UH, UH AND MAYBE SOMEONE'S CAUGHT BY SURPRISE? NO, BECAUSE THESE ARE VERY, THE WAY THESE EVENTS ARE PROMOTED, IT'S PRETTY CLEAR BASED ON THE EVENT PROMOTER AND A LOT OF WHAT YOU'LL SEE EITHER DIGITALLY ONLINE, IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'LL, IT'S, THE WEBSITES ARE VERY OBVIOUS THAT IT IS A CANNABIS EVENT. I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. UM, THERE IS, AND PART OF WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING TOO, AND THAT'S THE STANDARD OF THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMITTING PROCESS, IS TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE ANYTIME THERE IS ANY SPECIAL EVENT. SO THIS WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT WHERE WE WOULD, UM, CERTAINLY WE COULD ASK TO, PART OF THE SIGNAGE COULD SAY THIS, MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THIS IS A CANNABIS SPECIAL EVENT TAKING PLACE FROM, YOU KNOW, X HOURS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ALSO MAKE FOLKS AWARE. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE, THAT SIGNAGE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO ANYBODY THAT'S EITHER BUYING A TICKET OR ENTERING THE EVENT THAT IS A CANNABIS EVENT THAT IS, YES, IT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. AND THEN THE SIGNAGE, JUST STANDARD SIGNAGE IN GENERAL IS REQUIRED AS PART OF OUR SPECIAL EVENTS ORDINANCE ANYWAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY FOR CLARIFYING MY QUESTION. OKAY, THANK YOU. SEE NO FURTHER COMMENTS MR. ABO, UH, COUNCIL OR VICE MAYOR, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE ITEMS WHERE WE NEED TWO VOTES. OKAY. VOTE NUMBER ONE. COUNCILWOMAN DUGGAN. COUNCILMAN KERR. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VOTE NUMBER TWO. [34. 26-54600 Recommendation to receive and file the Biennial Report on Public Convenience and Necessity Regarding Taxicab Service; determine that the number of authorized Taxicabs is sufficient for the needs of the City of Long Beach; find that Long Beach Yellow Cab Cooperative Inc., is in full compliance with the terms and conditions of the current permit; direct that the period for filing of taxicab applications remains closed; that the Taxi Regulation Modernization Pilot Program cease April 23, 2026, and that a permanent taxi program be implemented; and Declare ordinance amending Title 5 of the Long Beach Municipal Code by amending and restating Chapter 5.80, all relating to the implementation of a permanent Taxicab Program, read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for a final reading. (Citywide) Levine Act: Yes       Office or Department: Financial Management         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, UH, THANK YOU. ITEM 34, PLEASE REPORT FROM FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE BIENNIAL REPORT ON PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NEC NECESSITY REGARDING TAXI CAB SERVICE. DETERMINE THAT THE NUMBER OF AUTHORIZED TAXI CABS IS SUFFICIENT. FIND THAT LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB COOPERATIVE IS IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE CURRENT PERMIT. DIRECT THAT THE PERIOD FOR FILING OF TAXI CAB APPLICATIONS REMAINS CLOSED. THAT THE TAXI REGULATION MODERNIZATION PILOT PROGRAM CEASE APRIL 23RD, 2026, AND THAT A PERMANENT TAXI PROGRAM BE IMPLEMENTED AND DECLARE AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE. ALL RELATE RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PERMANENT TAXI CAB PROGRAM. READ THE FIRST TIME AND LAID OVER TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL READING CITYWIDE GIMME ONE SECOND. VICE MAYOR, I MIGHT BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO DO A LITTLE PREFACE ON THIS ITEM. YES, PLEASE. UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE DISQUALIFIED FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS ITEM DUE TO THE LABBE ACT. UM, SO THREE OF THEM, INCLUDING YOURSELF, UH, WILL NEED TO RECUSE. ONE OF THEM WAS REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A QUORUM ON THE ITEM BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A QUORUM AND COULD NOT HAVE HAD THE ITEM HEARD TONIGHT. AND SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO HEAR THIS ITEM AND NO ONE ELSE CAN DO IT FOR THEM, STATE LAW REQUIRES A RANDOM DRAW OF THE FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE DISQUALIFIED. AND, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO DREW THE ABILITY AND THE OBLIGATION TO PARTICIPATE TONIGHT IS COUNCIL MEMBER SULI SORO. SO, UM, THE OTHER THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL NEED TO RECUSE NOW, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER SARAH CAN, UM, GIVE HER LEVINE ACT CONFLICT, BUT SHE WILL BE STAYING BASED ON A RANDOM DRAW. YES. UM, I, [05:15:01] DO I MAKE MY STATEMENT NOW? NO, YOU COULD MAKE IT NOW. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH ORDER IT GOES IN. OH, WAIT, YOU'RE THERE. YEAH, I MIGHT AS WELL. I JUST STARTED. SO I, I RECEIVED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOTALING TO $750 OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS FROM OCTOBER 27TH, 2025, THE YELLOW CAP COOPERATIVE INCORPORATED, SEEKING THE CONTRACT AT ISSUE AND AGENDA ITEM 34. SINCE THIS AMOUNT EXCEEDS $50, I AM REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THIS CONFLICT AND WOULD NORMALLY BE REQUIRED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM PARTICIPATING IN THIS ITEM UNDER THE LEVINE ACT. THANK YOU. I TOO WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF AS I RECEIVED A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOTAL MORE $350 OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS FOR YELLOW CAP, WHO HAS SEEN A CONTRACT AND IS WITNESS WITH THIS ITEM. AS SUCH, I'M A CONFLICT OF INTEREST ON . I WILL BE RECUSING MYSELF FOR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ITEM. AND I ALSO RECEIVED A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS FROM YELLOW CAB WHO IS SEEKING A CONTRACT ON THIS ISSUE, ON THIS ITEM. AND AS SUCH, I HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST UNDER THE LIVING ACT AND I'LL BE RECUSING MYSELF FROM PARTICIPATION ON THIS ITEM. I ALSO HAVE RECEIVED FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TOWING 750 OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS FROM YELLOW CAP WHO IS SEEKING CONTRACT. UM, AT THIS ISSUE, ON THIS ITEM, I HAVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND I'M REQUE RECUSING MYSELF DUE TO THE LIVING ACT. OKAY. UM, WOULD THE CITY ATTORNEY LIKE TO EXPLAIN WHY I'M SPEAKING RIGHT NOW? , I'M JUST KIDDING. OH, I, I'M HAPPY TO, OH, GO AHEAD. OH, YEAH. UH, SO SINCE OUR VICE MAYOR HAS RECUSED, OUR MOST SENIOR MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL IS COUNCIL MEMBER SUBINA, WHO IS NOW TAKING OVER AS CHAIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE'LL GO TO, UH, THE MAKER OF THE MOTION NOW. THERE'S NO REPORT FROM THE STAFF. WE HAVE A BRIEF REPORT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, THE STAFF REPORT BRIEFLY. OKAY. WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP IT VERY QUICK. GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN. UH, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF STAFF REPORT ON THE CITY'S REQUIRED ASSESSMENT OF AUTHORIZED TAXI CAB SUPPLY AND AN UPDATE ON THE TAXI REGULATION MODERNIZATION PILOT PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONCLUDE IT AND REPLACE IT WITH A PERMANENT PROGRAM. I'LL BEGIN WITH THE SUPPLY ASSESSMENT WHERE WE ARE REQUIRED TO ASSESS THE PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, WHICH MEANS WE DO, WE HAVE ENOUGH TAXI CABS IN LONG BEACH. LONG BEACH CURRENTLY CAN HAVE UP TO 199 TAXI CABS AND THE CURRENT AUTHORIZED SERVICE PROVIDER, LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB CURRENTLY HOLDS PERMITS FOR THEIR DESIRED AMOUNT OF 68 SLOTS AND 65 ARE BEING UTILIZED. CITY STAFF CONDUCTED A THREE PART REVIEW PROCESS, UM, A CONVEYANCE SURVEY OF 37 INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, WHICH HAD A SUCCESSFUL RESPONSE RATE OF 78%. UM, LA MIC CELLO CAB DID AN INTERNAL SUPPLY AND DEMAND ANALYSIS, AND THEN THE FLEET SERVICES BUREAU ALSO DID ANNUAL VEHICLE INSPECTIONS. IN ADDITION, AS PART OF A NEW INITIATIVE, WE DID A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY AND WE'VE SHARED ALL OF THAT INFORMATION WITH LA MIC JELLO CAB CLUB. UPON REVIEW OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION, STAFF FINDS THAT CURRENT SUPPLY IS MEETING THE PUBLIC'S CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY, AND NOW ONTO THE PILOT PROGRAM. IT WAS INITIATED IN 2015 AND ALLOWED FOR, UM, SEPARATE REGULATIONS TO HELP THE TAXI SERVICE PROVIDER REMAIN COMPETITIVE AND TEST IMPROVEMENTS. THIS PROGRAM REDUCED MEANINGFUL OUTCOME, PRODUCED MEANINGFUL OUTCOMES, THE RIDE YELLOW SMARTPHONE BOOKING APPLICATION, AND AN EXPEDITED DRIVER ACTIVATION PROCESS, UM, WHICH WAS PARTIALLY IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE ONBOARDING, UM, AND TEMPORARY ISSUANCE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FLEET SERVICES AND BUSINESS SERVICES BUREAU STAFF. ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LA METRO FUNDING OF FOUR WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VANS, WHICH WERE ADDED IN 2024 QR CODE BOOKING, UH, ANNUAL DRUG TESTING ALIGNED WITH FEDERAL, FEDERAL REGULATIONS ON BOARD CAMERAS TO ENHANCE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SAFETY AND A REFERRAL PARTNERSHIP WITH UBER THAT NOW ACCOUNTS FOR ROUGHLY 30% OF DRIVER REVENUE. THIS IS CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY POSITIVE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS GIVEN THESE RESULTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS ENDING THE PILOT PROGRAM AS CURRENTLY ALLOWED FOR IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, WHICH IT WOULD END ON APRIL 23RD, 2026, AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF A PERMANENT PROGRAM TO CONTINUE LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB [05:20:01] AS THE PROVIDER UNDER THE NEW PERMANENT PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS TO ALLOW FOR NO DISRUPTION OF CURRENT SERVICES AND TO RECOGNIZE LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB'S DEDICATION TO THE COMPLETION AND SUCCESS OF THE PILOT PROGRAM. THIS WOULD BE FOLLOWED BY A COMPETITIVE PROCESS FOR A SUBSEQUENT TERM IN THE PERMANENT PROGRAM, THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODES, TITLE V WILL BE UPDATED TO CLARIFY THE ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE, UH, FAIRES AND METERING DRIVER REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLIANCE AND VEHICLE AND SAFETY STANDARDS FOR CONTINUED TAXI SERVICE IN LONG BEACH. PO OLA MALDONADO, THE CITY'S BUSINESS SERVICES EQUITY OFFICER AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY VERY QUICK AND SPEEDY REPORT FOR YOU. UH, THANK YOU. AND MAY I ADD COMPREHENSIVE ALSO? UM, OKAY, WE'LL GO TO THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION. CHRISTINA DUGGAN, I I DIDN'T WANNA BE SKIPPED. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOU. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE MY COMMENTS. NOW'S THE MOVE MOTION. I I'M AWARE OF THAT. I ALREADY CALLED ON HER, SO, OKAY, GO AHEAD. I WANTED TO GIVE THE STAFF AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR REPORT FIRST BEFORE WE STARTED. UM, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING A BIT ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM, UH, AND SHARING HOW NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A PERMANENT, UH, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK. UH, AS YOU NOTED, OUR, UH, TAXIS HAVE, UH, HAVE IMMENSE PRESSURE AS IT RELATES TO THE TNCS A NEW TERM THAT I LEARNED. UM, AND SO UBER AND LYFT HAVE PROVIDED THAT PRESSURE, BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE RIDERS AND OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE TAXI CABS. UH, I'M PLEASED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE, UH, ACCESSIBILITY, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND TO ADD THOSE TO THE FLEET. UM, I THINK THAT THAT'LL ALSO, BECAUSE OF THE LONG-TERM PARTNERSHIP, UH, WILL ENCOURAGE THAT KIND OF INVESTMENT GOING FORWARD, AS WELL AS THE EMPHASIS ON ENSURING THAT THERE'S, UH, ULTRA LOW EMISSIONS VEHICLES AS WELL AS PART OF THE, UM, THE, UH, TAXI CAB SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH. UM, AS I WENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY, UM, I LOOKED AT WHERE YOU GOT THOSE SURVEY RESULTS FROM, AND FOR THE MOST PART IT APPEARED TO BE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS, UH, THOSE WHO ARE OFTEN MAY USE THE, UM, AIRPORT. UM, BUT I WOULD WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE THAT WE IDENTIFY MAYBE THE TRAVELER'S EXPERIENCE, SOMEONE WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, UM, AND WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE IS LIKE IN IDENTIFYING AND WAY FINDING OPPORTUNITIES TO, UH, GET TO OUR AIRPORT AS WELL AS LEAVE AND GET TO THEIR NEXT DESTINATION. UM, TO THAT END, UH, AS YOU KNOW, WITH ANY TRAVELING GOING TO A NEW AIRPORT, IT'S, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO IDENTIFY WHERE ARE YOUR OPTIONS FOR GROUND TRANSPORTATION. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A NEED FOR IMPROVED OR EXPANDED DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHERE TO LOCATE, UM, A YELLOW TAXI CAB. UM, SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE AIRPORT HAVE YOU HAVE, WE SPOKEN WITH THEM ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, UM, TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TAXIS. SO WE'VE HAD COMMUNICATIONS WITH, UM, UH, MANY DEPARTMENTS AND MANY AREAS WITHIN THE CITY. AND, UM, ALONG WITH THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT, UM, WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK AND PROVIDE THAT TO THEM AND SEE HOW WE CAN GO ABOUT FROM A CITY PERSPECTIVE, UM, INCREASING THE SIGNAGE THAT WOULD NOT IMPACT THE ORDINANCE OR NOT NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT. SO WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK. AND THEN ANY OTHER COMMENTS TO, UM, LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB? AND I DID FORGET TO MENTION, UM, THAT WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IF WE COULD DO THAT JUST TO INCREASE VISIBILITY. UM, AT THIS TIME I'LL YIELD MY TIME CHAIR. UH, THANK YOU. UH, NOW WE'LL GO TO THE SECONDER OF THE MOTION. CHRISTINA DUGGAN, UH, SUPPORT THIS ITEM. THANKS FOR THE REPORT. OKAY, WE'LL, UH, MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I SEE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, WILLIAM GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WILLIAM ROUSE, UH, CITY, UH, I'M SORRY. UM, CEO OF LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO, UH, THE STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK IN PARTICULAR, UH, PAULA. AND, UH, SHE'S BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR MONTHS. UH, AND SO, UH, JUST WANNA MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE, UH, FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE IT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UH, SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT AND NO COUNCIL COMMENT, LET'S GO TO A VOTE, UH, CHAIR. JUST, UH, THIS ONE WILL NEED TWO VOTES AS WELL. OKAY. I STAND CORRECTED. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO VOTES. MOTION IS CARRIED. [05:25:14] YEAH, MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE INVITE OUR, UH, LEVINA, UH, CANDIDATES BACK IN HERE? OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, [36. 26-54696 Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including any necessary subsequent amendments, with Xmond, Inc. dba Minuteman Press Long Beach, of Long Beach, CA, for providing envelope printing services, to increase the current $100,000, purchase order by an amount of $300,000, authorize a 20 percent contingency in the amount of $60,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $460,000, for a period of six months, with the option to renew for one additional six-month period, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)       Office or Department: Technology and Innovation         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THANK COUNCIL MEMBER. GOOD JOB. I WAS WAITING IN THE WINGS. UH, NEXT, UH, WE GOT ONE MORE ITEM. LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT REPORT FROM TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT AND ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS WITH MINUTEMAN PRESS LONG BEACH FOR PROVIDING ENVELOPE PRINTING SERVICES FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 460,000 CITYWIDE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND. I WANNA SPEAK TO YOUR ITEM, A MEMBER OF COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. NOPE, THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT THERE. NO COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER IAN SANDER? NO, I SUPPORT ANY GUNS FROM THE PUBLIC. THERE'S ONE PUBLIC COMMENT, LIO. SO, UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, IT, IT, THIS IS GONNA PASS, UH, WHAT JUST HAPPENED EARLIER WAS BECAUSE OF THE, UH, LEVINE ACT. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO LOOK AT WHAT THAT MEANS AND HOW THAT AFFECTS, AND IF YOU NOTICE WHY SOME PEOPLE COULD NOT VOTE, BUT ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA PASS 'CAUSE THEY ALL DO. UM, BUT AT LEAST THE ONE THING IS THAT IN THIS CASE, THE COMPANY THAT, THAT THEY'RE AWARDING, UM, THIS MONEY FOR THE PRINTING OF ENVELOPES, AND I'LL REPEAT THAT. SO $460,000 FOR THE PRINTING OF ENVELOPES, BUT AT LEAST THE COMPANY IS BASED IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA. SO MINUTEMAN PRESS IS LONG BEACH BASED. UM, IT IS A DBA, WHICH IS A, UH, DOING BUSINESS AS SO IN THIS CASE, AT LEAST THE MONEY IS STAYING WITHIN THE CITY, BUT IT'S STILL HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO PRINT ON ENVELOPES. HOW MANY ENVELOPES? I HAVE NO IDEA. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE LIKE ENOUGH ENVELOPES TO SEND TO EVERY RESIDENT IN LONG BEACH. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A, THESE ARE THESE ENVELOPES THAT WE CAN SEND. OH WAIT, I'M SORRY. MY LAST MINUTE WILL BE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JIM WHO JUST PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST, THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX. I BLESS YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JIM, FOR YOUR 51 YEARS WITH THE LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GRAB [05:30:01] YOU MY COMMENT NUMBER TWO, IF WE COULD TAKE A VOTE ON THIS LAST ITEM. OH, I'M SORRY. YES, . I'M RIGHT THERE WITH YOU. YOU MISS ONE, YOU MISS ONE ITEM AND YOU FORGET EVERYTHING. GO AHEAD. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY, NOW, NOW WE HAVE COMMENT NUMBER TWO, WE READY FOR THE COMMENTERS? WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS FOR A SECOND. PUBLIC COMMENT ES FB AND GRAY. IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE PODIUM. SEEING NONE, SEEING NONE, THERE'S NO SECOND PUBLIC COMMENT. COMMENT. I CAN MOVE FORWARD. UH, OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER ELLEN? YES. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE AN HONOR OF VANESSA ROMAINE, UM, A PIONEERING L-G-B-T-Q ACTIVIST VANESSA ROMAINE GREW UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, BUT FOUND A HOME HERE IN LONG BEACH IN THE 1970S. SHE [ANNOUNCEMENTS] WAS A SOCIAL WORKER, CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND AN EARLY MEMBER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN FOR UNDERSTANDING SCWU, AN INCUBATOR FOR CIVIL RIGHTS. VANESSA WAS OFTEN THE ONLY BLACK WOMAN AT HER GATHERINGS, SO SHE WAS A GROUNDBREAKER FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AS WELL AS BEING, UH, UH, OUT LESBIAN. WHEN LONG BEACH GAY PRIDE WAS FOUNDED IN 1983, VANESSA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN DEVELOPING THE VERY FIRST LONG BEACH PRIDE PARADE WITH ITS CO-FOUNDERS. WHEN THE AIDS VIRUS BROKE OUT, VANESSA AND WOMEN OF THE SCWU PULLED TOGETHER TO HELP THEIR BROTHERS AND HELP FUNDRAISE CONSTANTLY. UM, WHEN THE LONG BEACH CITY, COUNCILMAN DOUGLAS S DRUMMOND MADE WAS CONSIDERED ANTI-GAY REMARKS SPARKED BY LONG BEACH PRIDE BEING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY, VANESSA LED THE PROTEST MARCH TO CITY HALL WITH HER BOOMING VOICE AND WHISTLE. MR. DRUMMOND WAS LATER CENSORED FOR HIS REMARKS, BUT THIS, UM, BY THIS BODY. ON OCTOBER 5TH, 1993, VANESSA ALSO WORKED FOR CONGRESSMAN ALAN LOWENTHAL FOR A TIME AND HAS SURVIVED BY HER WIFE, UH, DONNI HO SNYDER. I KNOW THAT SHE WAS REALLY LOVED BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND WILL BE TRULY MISSED IN MY CONDOLENCES TO HER FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND EVERYONE THAT LOVED HER. THANK YOU CUSTOMER . THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE MAYOR. AS WE CLOSE OUT TODAY'S MEETING, I WANT TO REFLECT ON THE IMPACT OF REPRESENTATION IN LEADERSHIP TODAY. I GAVE A TALK AT LB USD'S CENTER OF BLACK EXCELLENCE FOR THEIR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PRESENTATION. I SPOKE WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PATHWAYS TO ADVOCACY. I ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE ACTIVE MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS. IT WAS AN HONOR TO SPEAK WITH THESE STUDENTS AND BE A MODEL FOR WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP HERE IN LONG BEACH. LAST SATURDAY, I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE NORTH LONG BEACH COLLABORATIVES EVENT, RISE IN THRIVE IN 9 0 8 0 5. IT WAS A DAY OF YOUTH AND HEALING AT DEFOREST PARK. THE EVENT HAD NUMEROUS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, YOUTH HEALING EXERCISES, AND PARENT RESOURCES. THE WEEKEND WASN'T DONE. AND ON SUNDAY, I WAS THE GUEST SPEAKER AT THE NAACP LONG BEACH BRANCH MARCH MEETING. I GAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE CITY OF LONG BEACH AND A FOCUS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN AGENDA AND WHAT WE CAN DO AS A CITY TO BE ADVOCATING FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY SEEKING SOLUTIONS TOWARDS ECONOMIC WELLBEING, JOBS AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS COMING WEEKEND. LOOKING FORWARD, THE RIDGEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL HOST A CLEANUP, A CLEAN STREETS COMMUNITY EVENT FROM EIGHT 30 TO 9:30 AM AT THE CORNER OF ORANGE AND SAN ANTONIO. I ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP BEAUTIFY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND FINALLY, I WANNA TAKE A FEW MOMENTS TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MY TWO KIDS' BIRTHDAYS THAT ARE WITHIN THE MONTH OF MARCH. UH, THEY BOTH HAVE MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS IN 2026, AND SO I WANNA WISH THEM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM CITY HALL. GOODNIGHT AND THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER KERR. YES, THANK YOU MR. VICE MAYOR. AND THANK YOU COUNCILMAN ALLEN FOR HONORING VANESSA. SHE WAS AN ABSOLUTE JOY AND ONE OF A KIND AND SHE WILL BE MISSED. UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT OUR MONTHLY CD FIVE COMMUNITY MEETING HAPPENING THIS THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH AT 6:00 PM IT'LL [05:35:01] BE HELD AT THE WARDLOW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, LOCATED AT 4 3 4 5 7 STAIN BRIDGE. THE COMMUNITY MEETING THIS MONTH WILL FEATURE OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, JOSH HICKMAN, WHERE HE'LL BE DISCUSSING INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, SAFETY, AND OTHER TOPICS OF LOCAL INTEREST. AND WHILE NOT REQUIRED, WE DO ASK THAT YOU RSVP ON OUR WEBSITE, LONG BEACH.GOV/DISTRICT FIVE TO HELP US PREPARE SEATING FOR EVERYONE. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO CONSIDER STOPPING BY THE L LONG BEACH EXCHANGE TO VISIT THE EASTER FUN EVENT HAPPENING THIS SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM NOON TO 6:00 PM LBX IS PARTNERING WITH ANGEL CITY MARKET FOR AN EASTER CELEBRATION WITH LOCAL ARTISANS, LIVE MUSIC CRAFTS AND MORE. THEN CONSIDER VISITING BIXBY KNOWLES NEXT FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD FOR FIRST FRIDAYS FROM SIX 30 TO NINE 30. ENJOY ART, LIVE MUSIC, FOOD AND BEVERAGES WHILE MEETING AND SUPPORTING LOCAL ARTISTS, VENDORS, AND SMALL BUSINESSES. AND LASTLY, RANCHOS CERRITOS HOSTING A BOOK SIGNING EVENT ON SATURDAY APRIL 4TH FROM NOON TO 3:00 PM THIS EVENT IS IN CELEBRATION OF THE LAUNCH OF THE BOOK, RANCHO LOS CERRITOS, PEOPLE WHO SHAPED THE LAND BY DR. LESLIE REESE. LEARN ABOUT THE RANCHOS HISTORY WITH A TALK WITH THE AUTHOR, COSTUMES, INTERPRETERS, A PHOTO-BASED HISTORY WALK, FOOD FOR PURCHASE FROM LOLAS FOOD TRUCK AND MORE. THE EVENT IS FREE. HOWEVER, RSVPS ARE ENCOURAGED. YOU CAN RSVP, UH, ON THE RANCHO LOS CERRITOS WEBSITE. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THANK AND COUNCIL MEMBER DR. MARI SORO. YES, UH, THANKS. I WANTED, SINCE WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK, I WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE TO, TO, UH, NEW YEAR CELEBRATION STARTING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 4TH WILL BE THE, UH, 18TH CAMBODIA TOWN PARADE AND CULTURE FESTIVAL. SO THEY'LL BE STEPPING OFF AT THE PARADE ON ANAHEIM IN ORANGE AND THEN MEETING, AND THEN THEIR FESTIVAL WILL BE AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ALL DAY. UH, THERE'LL BE A LOT OF FUN ACTIVITIES AND FOOD AS WELL AS THE NEXT DAY WILL BE THE ANNUALS ANDRON EVENT. THIS IS THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN, UH, NEW YEAR CELEBRATION AND IT WILL BE ALSO AT LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ALL DAY. UM, AND THERE'LL BE A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES. SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN AND IF YOU AGAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR ON JANUARY 1ST AND AS WELL AS LUNAR NEW YEAR, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IF YOU WANNA CELEBRATE THE NEW YEAR TO START AGAIN WITH ANY NEW RESOLUTIONS OR, UH, GOALS YOU STILL WANNA SET FOR THE NEW YEAR. UM, THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU THERE. THANK COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP TRAINING ON MONDAY, MARCH 30TH FROM 6:30 PM TO 8:00 PM LOCATION WILL BE SHARED UPON REGISTRATION. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL MY OFFICE DIRECTLY. ALSO, THE EDUCATION SERIES PITCH FEST IS TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 12 NOON. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT STUDIO ONE 11 AT 2 4 5 EAST THIRD STREET AND WILL PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ENTREPRENEURS TO PRESENT BUSINESS IDEAS AND COMPLETE, UH, COMPETE FOR FUNDING. ALSO, COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, UH, THE ABILITIES EXPO LOS ANGELES, THE BIGGEST NATIONAL EXPO FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE HERE IN LONG BEACH FROM MARCH 27TH TO THE 29TH AT OUR LONG BEACH CONVENTION CENTER. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, THANK YOU. UH, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THIS MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF JIM MCCADE, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE LONG BEACH ASSOCIATION OF LONG BEACH GRAND PRIX. HE WAS, HE PASSED AWAY. THIS PASSED SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST AT THE AGE OF 83. OVER THE PAST 51 YEARS, MR. LENON SERVED AS A GRAND PRIX ASSOCIATE, CHAMBERS CONTROLLER, CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER. AND IN 2001 WAS NAMED PRESIDENT AND CEO. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, THE ACURA GRAND PRIX EVENT WAS, HAS GROWN INTO ONE OF THE PREMIER STREET RACES IN THE WORLD, LETTING TOP LEVEL COMPETITION WITH MAJOR ENTERTAINMENT. CIVIC, HAVE BUSINESS IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH. MR. MCCANN ALSO SERVED ON MARIAN BOARD OVER THE YEARS, INCLUDING THE GRAND PRIX FOUNDATION, MR. LONG BEACH AND THE LOS ANGELES SPORTS COUNCIL. FURTHER ROCK [05:40:01] MANINI IMPACT ON THE SPORTS TEAM AND THE LOS ANGELES AREA, AND GRADUATED OF UNI UC, LA WITH A BS IN PHYSICS. AND NBA MCKENNEY WAS ALSO A COMPAN SPORTS CAR RACER, WHO MORE THAN WHO WITH MORE THAN 20, 25 YEARS ALSO EXPERIENCE COMPETED IN ENDURANCE RACING SUCH AS TRACKS IN LAMONT, DAYTONA BERG BERGER, UH, BERGER, UH, SMALL, UH, ONE AGAINST AND SEING, WHICH FURTHER NEEDED HIS LIFELONG CONNECTION TO RACING OFF THE TRACK AND AWAY FROM THE EVENTS. MC MIGUEL WAS A PRIVATE MAN WHO ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS WIFE, MARY AND TWO SONS, MOM AND MIKE, A LIVING, A LOVING AND DEVOTE HUSBAND THAT THEY MEANT MORE TO JIM THAN HIS FAMILY. HE ESPECIALLY TREASURED THE TIME HE SPENT WITH DU MOIS CREATING MEMORIES THAT WILL BE CARRIED FOREVER. ONE OF THE WAYS HE BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER WAS THROUGH SUNDAY FAMILY DINNERS, WHICH BECAME A CHERISH TRADITION AROUND THE TABLE THAT LY AND PASSIONATE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT MOTORSPORTS, FINANCE AND POLITICS, COMICS JIM LOVED AND BROUGHT TO LIFE WITHIN SIGN AND ENTHUSIASM. HE WAS A BAD READER, A NOT FOR MAN, AND SOMEONE PEOPLE NATURALLY TURNED TO FOR ADVICE AND THANKS. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, HE WAS SOMEONE WHO LED BY EXAMPLE. THROUGH HIS ACTIONS, HIS VALUES, AND THE WAY HE CARED FOR OTHERS, HE LEFT A 90 IMPRESSION. I'VE NOT SEEN DEPRESSION, I NEVER WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO KNOW HIM. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I HAD TO KNOW JIM, UH, VERY, VERY WELL. AND THE ONE PLEASURE THAT I HAD WITH JIM WAS THAT MANY YEARS AGO HE WOULD COME, I WAS A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION AND HE WOULD COME EVERY YEAR TO APPLY FOR A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TO THE COASTAL COMMISSION. AND I TOLD HIM, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS EVERY YEAR? HE GOES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS REQUIRE. WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT. OUR, WE, FOR THE FIRST TIME UNDER COAST COMMISSION, WE WERE ABLE TO PASS A, A PERMIT FOR ALMOST 10 YEARS OF FIVE YEARS, [ADJOURNMENT] 40 GRAND FREE. SO THAT WAS MY MOMENT WITH, WITH HIM, HIS, HIS BUSINESS LIT UP WITH ME BECAUSE OF HE WOULD HAVE TROUBLE TO CLOSE COMMISSION MEETINGS AND ANOTHER STATE FOLLOWING US FOR CLOSE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT. SO REST IN PEACE. JIM. WE LOVE YOU AND WE'RE GONNA MISS YOU. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT WE ENTER TO TONIGHT MEETING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.